When it is my editor telling me how to rewrite a story, I listen and do what she asks because I have learned that I get a better book in the end. I can't say I'm happy when I read that editorial letter. It is always a little painful and scary. But I have learned that - bit by bit - I can make the changes and do the work.

What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and laugh, just as we did when we wrote them.

There is a lot of love in him, a lot of love in his heart...And he is up there with no one and nothing to love. It is a bad thing to have love and no where to put it.

Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.

I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.