The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is necessarily going to get broken. But the book also says that's okay. That's the only way to live a truly human life - with your heart getting broken - and eventually getting flooded with love.

We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you that it can. I want to thank you because it did. - 2010 Indies Choice Award

Sometimes strange and wonderful things will pop into my head. And sometimes I will see something in the world that is the beginning of a story. I always have a notebook with me so that I can write down what I see and hear.

I like to think of myself as a storyteller.

As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

The closest I can get to describing what happens is that voices come to me. I feel like I'm accessing something that is deeper and richer than me.