There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?

[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers.

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

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

It is always just telling a story, regardless of the age of the reader. Except, if I'm writing something for kids, I know there has to be hope. I don't necessarily feel that responsibility for adults, but I emphatically feel it for children. That's the only difference. There's no syntax difference. There's no semantics difference. There's no thematic difference.

Farewell” is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by 2 oversize mice in black hoods. Words that you would like to hear are “Take me instead, I will go to the dungeon in my sons place.” There is a great deal of comfort in those words.

The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.