Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.

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.

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

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

Ramona stepped back into her closet, slid the door shut, pressed an imaginary button, and when her imaginary elevator had made its imaginary descent, stepped out onto the real first floor and raced a real problem. Her mother and father were leaving for Parents' Night.

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

Children want to do what grownups do.