I think pirates, like astronauts, particularly for a boy, are always kind of worth thinking about.

But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at the exact same price. A certain island has a law that forbids anyone from removing its fruit. And a town not too far from where you live has a law that bars me from coming within five miles of its borders.

How do you do?" said Violet. "How do you do?" said Klaus. "Odo yow!" said Sunny.

For Beatrice, our love broke my heart, and stopped yours.

It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.

I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were having a devil of a time selling it. It ended up in the hands of an editor of a children's publishing house, for which it was entirely inappropriate. She said, "Well, we can't publish this, but I think you should write something for children," which I thought was a really terrible idea.

Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.