I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

Today I discovered two kinds of people who go to high school: those who wear new clothes to show off on the first day, and those who wear their oldest clothes to show they think school is unimportant.

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

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

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.