Mary Pope Osborne quotes

Then everything was still. Absolutely still. (Mary Pope Osborne)
There is no water and still less soap. We have no city, but lots of hope.
Mary Pope Osborne
set sail on a voyage of your own titanic facts.
Mary Pope Osborne
I love teaching. It's a job that lasts forever. Whatever you teach children today travels with them far into the future.
Mary Pope Osborne
When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard.
Mary Pope Osborne
With my writing, I can still play inside an enchanted castle or live inside an old fort. I can run from ghosts or ride dolphins any day of the week.
Mary Pope Osborne
When I was growing up, kids would go outside and play all day and invent things. And my brothers and I pretended our picnic table was a ship one summer. Our bikes were horses, and our trees were forts. We turned everything in the world into make-believe.
Mary Pope Osborne
I get ideas from my own personal experiences, from my imagination, and from my research and from old stories.
Mary Pope Osborne
Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.
Mary Pope Osborne
I discovered writing children's books was a way to keep living in my imagination like a child. So I wrote a number of books before I started 'Magic Tree House.' Then, once I got that, I never looked back because I could be somewhere different in every single book.
Mary Pope Osborne
I love reading all kinds of books. I usually have about ten books going at any one time - books about the past, the present, novels, non-fiction, poetry, mythology, religion, etc. Reading is my favorite thing to do. (Mary Pope Osborne)
I love using my imagination. I love writing about animals.
Mary Pope Osborne
When I was a teenager, I continued to visit imaginary places by spending all my free time at our local community theater. Whether I acted in a play or worked backstage, the world of Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare always seemed more real to me than the dreary life of high school.
Mary Pope Osborne
A vacation for me is when I'm home and I'm writing.
Mary Pope Osborne
My imagination is closer to a child's imagination than to a grown-up's.
Mary Pope Osborne
I wanted to be a cowboy in cowboy movies.
Mary Pope Osborne
Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place - and still be home in time to have dinner.
Mary Pope Osborne
Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.
Mary Pope Osborne
I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.
Mary Pope Osborne
You have to be willing to endure the discomfort, the doubts and unknowing, you somehow find the courage to walk through your doubts and the difficult times because you are living the life you are meant to live.
Mary Pope Osborne
I think today's young women are an especially powerful breed. They will be taking on even greater challenges, which is why achieving personal empowerment is so important for them. These women are going to be holding positions of significant authority, owning more businesses, and shaping public policy. (Mary Pope Osborne)
I'm one of those very lucky people who absolutely love what they do for a living. There is no career better suited to my eccentricities, strengths, and passions than that of a children's book author.
Mary Pope Osborne
I believe we're entering a new era, where dynamic female leaders will have an opportunity to bring greater harmony and peace to the planet.
Mary Pope Osborne
The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves.
Mary Pope Osborne
Artists have to believe in the merit of their own work and persevere whether they receive public recognition or not, but it's ever so nice when someone says, "Job well done"!
Mary Pope Osborne