Think only on the climb. Think on what you control

But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

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

It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.

I don't for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I know I am a person who cares about kids and who cares about truth and I am guided by my own instincts, and trust them.

When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.

It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless.