Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.

Stories are like a river that flows - you dip a bucket in it

And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose.

A book is a friend. You can never have too many.

It was as though I had been dying of thirst and the librarian had handed me a five gallon bucket of water. I drank and drank. The only reason I am here and not in prison is because of that woman. I was a loser, but she showed me the power of reading.

Things seemed to go back and forth between reality and imagination--except that it was all reality.

Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.