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.

My mother was a cracker jack typist. And she would come in and sit at my house and type the final type script before I would then send it to the publisher. And it was nice for us.

Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.

The child from 9 to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.

When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.

[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

My parents gave me that gift of "reading is a good thing." I mean my mother was afraid of everything. But she was never afraid that Judy is reading.