Nothing new ever happens in the books. It's the same old theme.

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.

No one cared what she wanted. No one had ever cared. And perhaps, worst of all, no one ever would care.

I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.

This is the great thing about writing for kids. Adults might not do anything if they recognized me. But if they do see me, and they're with a kid, they'll tell the kid who I am. They think they should give that to the kid. So generally that sends the kid over.

I write two pages - that's all I write. It takes me about an hour. I've learned that's all I'm capable of and to push myself beyond that is foolhardy. It's a very delicate thing, and I will not abuse it. So I write two pages, then I get up from the computer.

Miracles and magic pervade the things that I've written, but yet there are no miracles and there is no magic.