A friend of mine said Winn-Dixie is the way that people want the world to be and Tiger Rising is the way that it is.

I like to think of myself as a storyteller.

The only control you have over a movie is whether or not you decide to sell the rights.

I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.

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.

Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too.

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.