For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.

I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?

Every time I finish a book, it's my favorite. I have a lot of favorites. I did just finish Jane Eyre and it was fabulous. I didn't want it to end.

I believe you are one of the people that can lift the corners of the universe.

Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.

I think the complaint that I hear most often from kids, even kids who like to write is that don't know what to write about. A journal is a great source of story starters.

Fight your battles with words, not fists