The image I had was very clear, and so in that way The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane began like other books.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

I am just always, always paying attention - waiting for the words, or image, or name that will be the beginning of a story.

When I journal, I write about images that I've seen that I think might make good stories. I write about things that I hear that I think I can turn into a story. I write about the story that I'm working on and where I think it might go.

There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.

Go home and read to your adult. We forget how much we love to be read to.

As Elmore Leonard says, I write to find out what happens.