It seems to be that way with most things. No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself.

Rob Horton, the main character of The Tiger Rising, was a secondary character in an adult short story I wrote, and he wouldn't go away after I'd finished the short story. I couldn't figure out what he wanted, so I wrote to find out.

I journal for about half an hour, and by the time that's done, the business day on the East Coast has begun. The phone starts to ring, and the rest of the day is spent dealing with the business of writing. My workday is done at about 3:00.

I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's part of who we are.

I like to think of myself as a storyteller.

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.

Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!