Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?

They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

I always wanted to be a character, when I worked at Disney, but I wasn't short enough for certain characters and I wasn't tall enough for others. I wanted to be a chipmunk; I think 4'10" was the cutoff.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

Wayne Wang, the director of Because of Winn-Dixie the movie, understood the book and transferred as much of the feeling of the book onto film as humanly possible. I think he did a fabulous job. And also I'm thrilled because the movie brings people to the book - people that wouldn't know about the book - and that's a great thing.

Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light.