Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken.

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.

the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light.

My favorite food is deep-fried ravioli. I always get that every year.

Most of my books begin with an image or a voice - one small thing - and I don't know what it is going to become.

Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to do more for her. (page 135)

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