There's no book or play or series or anything that speaks to everyone, because then it wouldn't speak to anyone.

I was shy, but I stood up in front of the class and I gave my report.I was reporting on books that I didn't want to read. I was inventing books that I didn't want to read.

First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write.

I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.

Caitlyn isn't someone to get over. She's someone to come to terms with, the way you have to come to terms with your parents, your siblings. You can't deny they ever happened. You can't deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain.

It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.

I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.