Holly McGhee said I should come to dinner with them. That first dinner, I said something pretty smart-alecky, and Alison [McGhee] laughed really hard at it. It made me happy.

In my stories for children, I sometimes show a hard, harsh, dangerous world. I'm going to show you the way it is, but I'm going to also tell you that there's every reason to hope.

What would make me happiest is if kids read these books [Bink & Gollie] and think: there is so much to love in the world; and words are so much fun.

When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

Minnesota has been so good to me and so pleased that I love Minnesota.

So many miracles have not yet happened.

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