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

I've heard that some authors do dream their books and I would love that if it happened to me, but so far it hasn't. Sometimes I'll get a good idea during the night and if I don't write it down, I won't remember it the next morning.

Determination and hard work are as important as talent.

Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?

Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.

My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination!

[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.