The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.

I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to find out. And then it's possible I won't find out after all. Because 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.

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.

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.

[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.