Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.

I’m not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it.

I am a mess. Like that MargieMocha, I am spilled across a floor, but there's nobody to mop me up. I have only one thing to show for the day: Perry Delloplane. The sound of a name. It is a grape in my mouth. I roll it over and over on my tongue--perrydelloplaneperrydelloplaneperrydelloplaneperrydelloplane--but when I try to crush it with my teeth, it slips away.

Every child's bedroom is as important as a telescope orbiting the planet earth or a philosopher's study.

I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find.

I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that.

I have to tell you I love living in a world without clocks. The shackles are gone. I’m a puppy unleashed in a meadow of time. -- Stargirl