I was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself.

In his heart, he knew that there was no reason to be impolite to someone, even if they did work for you. There was such a thing as manners after all.

Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.

(J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you.

I was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself.

I don't change the language for children books. I don't make the language simpler. I use words that they might have to look up in the dictionary. The books are shorter, but there's just not that much difference other than that to be honest. And the funny thing is, I have adult writer friends [to whom I would say], "Would you think of writing a children's book?" and they go, "No, God, I wouldn't know how." They're quite intimidated by the concept of it. And when I say to children's books writers, would they write an adult book, they say no because they think they're too good for it.

Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.