When are you going to trust me Max?" asked Fang. "When I go completely bonkers," I laughed.

They turned to Angel. "We will call you Little One," the leader said, obviously deciding to dispense with the whole confusing name thing. "Okay," said Angel agreeably. "I'll call you Guy in a White Lab Coat." He frowned. "That can be his Indian name," I suggested.

How could you stop loving me?

Gazzy: "Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R.

What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.

A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night

If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead.