I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.

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

When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.

I have like two dreams a week that I have to write a paper that I'm late with or that I've gone back to high school and have to do that in addition to my current job.

hi I hope u want to be my friends

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