You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.

On the return flight from my mother in Florida , I sat next to a businessman who asked me what I did for a living. I said, "I write," and it seemed totally ridiculous in the face of what had just happened. I mean, I couldn't think of anything more pointless than telling stories. He asked, "What do you write?" I said, "I write children books."

I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.

Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to do, and that they get to have for themselves, as opposed to somebody telling them what to do and how to do it.

There's nothing more fabulous than an adult saying to you, "I think that you might like this one [book]." So I'm grateful every time that happens. It's an amazing thing that people care that passionately.

Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)

Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up.