Determination and hard work are as important as talent.

I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.

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 like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too.

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

It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was a little bit here or there but there was no big effort to ban books.

Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.