She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the friendliest person in school.

He doesn't think. He just does. A nonthinking doer.

Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord Fauntleroys or cowboys, clowns, ballerinas. As if it's not enough just to be a dog or cat or turtle.

I had never realized how much I needed the attention of others to confirm my own presence.

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

Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.