I have been fortunate. I have done so many things and enjoyed so many things and had such a great life, not to imply that it is ending, but that there aren't many things that I feel I have left undone.

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

So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say.

Fear dims when you learn things.

I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.

Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying.

We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.