Top 63 Quotes by Lois Lowry

About Lois Lowry

These are some quotes by American author Lois Lowry Writer, who was born on March 20, 1937.

Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.

Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.

Lois Lowry

I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known.

I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known.

Lois Lowry

Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule.

Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule.

Lois Lowry

I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.

I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.

Lois Lowry

In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing.

In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing.

Lois Lowry

The grand surprise has really been the fact that being an author, which to me had always implied being a private person, actually requires you to be a public person as well, and those are two separate entities to me.

Lois Lowry

People in the know say 'The Giver' was the first young adult dystopian novel.

People in the know say 'The Giver' was the first young adult dystopian novel.

Lois Lowry

I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is not a favorite genre of mine, though I have greatly enjoyed some of the work of Ursula LeGuin. I haven't read much science fiction so I don't know other sci-fi authors.

Lois Lowry

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy.

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy.

Lois Lowry

Because I have two houses, I invariably get immersed in a book and then discover it's at the other house.

Because I have two houses, I invariably get immersed in a book and then discover it's at the other house.

Lois Lowry

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