[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.

"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.

When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.

Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face

First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write.