I am not a pest," Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.