Fang, fang. I love you. I looooove you. I love you thiiiiiiiiiis much!

My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'.

I blame Jeb for letting you be such a smart aleck.” I stared at her. “I blame you for altering my DNA! I mean, I have wings, lady! What were you thinking?

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.

When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.

The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.

I want to be a scientist who studies the ocean when I grow up. I would go out to sea, and scuba dive, and find new things, and National Geographic will hire me.” Sure, Nudge. Probably around the time I become president.