Things are not at all what they seem to be: oh no, not at all.

The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time.

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

Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux's love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous.

Rob Horton, the main character of The Tiger Rising, was a secondary character in an adult short story I wrote, and he wouldn't go away after I'd finished the short story. I couldn't figure out what he wanted, so I wrote to find out.

The image I had was very clear, and so in that way The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane began like other books.

You are the ever-expanding universe to me