Kate [DiCamillo] tends to be more reluctant about change. I convinced her to give it a try and she came over.

Little boy, you remind me how so much depends of day made of now

I'm a big State Fair person, and my main goal is to eat as much food as possible, but I tend not to do the foods on a stick. But I like Big Fat Bacon.

Water seeks its own level. Look at them. The Tigris, the Euphrates, the Mississippi, the Amazon, the Yangtze. The world's great rivers. And every one of them finds its way to the ocean.

We had so much fun together as friends that I suggested we [with Kate DiCamillo] write a book together.

I like to write in all different genres. I just like a new challenge.

Walk slowly; all you can ever come to is yourself.