Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.

Sir if I was your daughter I would wait until this train started again and throw myself in front of it!

I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books.

Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.

I think if you find your passion and you go with it you are rewarded.

Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.

Character is everything, especially these days when that's what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don't have a huge cast of characters. One or two is best, four, the maximum.