Nothing exists without its opposite.

I am for anything that makes teens visible in an honest way... in other words, anything that represents them the way they are, positively or negatively.

Sometimes a book is better than it ever had a right to be because of the history the reader brings to the reading and because of the methods educators use to bring a particular story alive.

There's only one thing to say to the censors: Shut up.

And I think if you're going to be with somebody, you owe it to them to show yourself.

I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know anything about.

My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere.