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.

I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together.

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.

My mother was my greatest fan.

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

I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.

I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.