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 nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

The funny thing is, when I've gone through the relentless editing process, my editor and I are amazed the Mercy Watson books still make us laugh. The same jokes that made us laugh the first time around still make us laugh in the 16th rendition.

You don't realize what you're going to get, and you can't prepare yourself for it.

There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.

The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.

But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.