I don't necessarily want to talk about a book that I read. Even when I love it.

I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god, maybe I can really do this". That was a review of "Margaret."

I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.

I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose!

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too.

The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.