To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

You gotta know someone cares about you, or you just give up.

I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want your books to have power, so you just have to take what comes with that.

A dream without a plan is just a wish

Once a book is published, it no longer belongs to me. My creative task is done. The work now belongs to the creative mind of my readers. I had my turn to make of it what I would, now it is their turn.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.