For As Long As I

Elizabeth Keckley Was A Woman Of Remarkable Strength, Courage, Perseverance, And Dignity. She Was Exceptionally Talented, But Also Very Diligent And Ambitious, And Together Those Qualities Enabled Her To Deliver Herself From Slavery And Become A Successful Businesswoman.

What I Would Give, I Thought, To Have Been Present As Elizabeth Keckley Measured Mary Lincoln For A New Gown, To Overhear Their Conversations On Topics Significant And Ordinary, To Observe The Lincoln White House From Such An Intimate Perspective. From That Moment, My Interest In Their Remarkable Friendship Was Captivated, And It Never Really Waned.

People Who Assume My Books Are Only About Quilts Obviously Haven't Read Them! I've Always Known That My Books Are About Quilters - In Other Words, People - Rather Than Quilts Or Quilting.

I've Always Wanted To Be A Writer. Ever Since I Learned To Read, I've Wanted To Share Stories With Others The Way My Favorite Writers Shared Their Stories With Me.

People Need Stories...we Use Stories To Teach, To Learn, To Make Sense Of The World Around Us. As Long As We Need Stories, We Will Need Books.