A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and reads something she has a question about, if she can go to her parents, great. Or else they will read right over it. It won't mean a thing. They are very good, I think, at monitoring what makes them feel uncomfortable. If something makes them feel uncomfortable they will put it down.

It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.

Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.

Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.

If all you leave in the library is books that you think speak to everyone, what are you going to have? You'd have nothing.

We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?

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