I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both.

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.

I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.

It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.

She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly.