Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive.

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.

I write books because I have always been fascinated by stories and language, and because I love thinking about what makes people tick. Writing a story... 'The Giver' or any other... is simply an exploration of the nature of behavior: why people do what they do, how it affects others, how we change and grow, and what decisions we make along the way.

Fear dims when you learn things.

And it was lonely, to yearn, all alone.

The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader.

Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.