He may not have been born with guts, but he didn't have to die without them.

You don't have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you've been given.

a work that intends to be art must first be entertaining.

The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the words of grace and hope in their bones and sinews and not wear them like fancy dress.

It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.

Church always seemed the same. Jess could tune it out the same way he tuned out school, with his body standing up and sitting down in unison with the rest of the congregation but his mind numb and floating, not really thinking or dreaming but at least free.

...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.