It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

hi I hope u want to be my friends

I like one hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain and things that are pink. I hate pimples, baked potatoes, when my mother's mad, and religious holidays.

You think everything can be magically cured with vitamins?” “Everything but us.

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

[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.