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

Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them and to let their kids see them reading books for their own pleasure.

What would make me happiest is if kids read these books [Bink & Gollie] and think: there is so much to love in the world; and words are so much fun.

I need to write, and I can't write when I'm on the road.

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.

The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.