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

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.

We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us.

But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.

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

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.

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.