I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

In seventh grade...I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted.

I read my books aloud before they were published.

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

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

I don't ever go on the Internet. I don't even know how it works.