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

I actually do like traveling.

Nobody ever learns anything.

Every morning for, I don't know how long, I came over to Alison's [McGhee] house and we sat in her office and wrote the stories "out loud" together. We yelled at each other and made each other laugh. It was a lot of fun.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Magic is always impossible.... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic.

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