That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.

Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.

Snoring keeps the monsters away.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

Caitlyn isn't someone to get over. She's someone to come to terms with, the way you have to come to terms with your parents, your siblings. You can't deny they ever happened. You can't deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain.

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