If there is anything that I think I might use later, I underline it.

Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents.

Perhaps," said the man, "you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.

the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light.

I read my books out loud to myself because of the demands of the story and demands of language.

This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying.

I think, oh my god, kids are reading, and they care about a book enough to come over and talk to me about a book that they care about. If I think about it as being a celebrity, it would freak me out. But I just think, lucky me, that I get to be a part of this whole thing.