I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

As Elmore Leonard says, I write to find out what happens.

We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?

Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them and to let their kids see them reading books for their own pleasure.

No matter how hard you try to be present at home, you're always doing the things that you have to do.

That you can go anywhere in America and get a book from a library is just the most amazing thing in the world. It's not a duty; it's a privilege and it's a joy. That joy is doubled and tripled and quadrupled if you read with other people.