I love you, Michael Wagner.” “Forever?” he asked. “Forever,” I said.

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'm a people person. I never get tired of watching people, especially young people.

I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.

What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?

I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god, maybe I can really do this". That was a review of "Margaret."