Reading is my passion.

Writing is seeing. It is paying attention.

The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying.

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is for them to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.

I didn't know at the time I was writing Because of Winn-Dixie where the story came from, but in retrospect I can see that it was a response to a terribly harsh winter here in Minnesota.