Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.

I have to go with what comes naturally to me. Fantasy isn't my thing. I did enjoy the Oz books when I was growing up and certainly my grandson and I read Harry Potter together. You write what you can as well as you can.

Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.

Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.