I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.

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

He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair maiden lived together happily ever after.

We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?

Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up.

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

That you can go anywhere in America and get a book from a library is just the most amazing thing in the world. It's not a duty; it's a privilege and it's a joy. That joy is doubled and tripled and quadrupled if you read with other people.