I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.

I have like two dreams a week that I have to write a paper that I'm late with or that I've gone back to high school and have to do that in addition to my current job.

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

The truth will make you odd.

I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.

That's good when you don't know what you're doing. But you're doing it and it's spontaneous and you're not afraid.