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.

some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

The parent reads the book. The kid reads the book and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about themselves. You know there's a connection even if you don't talk about it when you read the same books.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

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

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.

I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.