Believing takes practice.

No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover.

That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.

Friends--or lovers--are not always available to each other. Inner turmoils can cause us to be unhearing when someone needs us, to need to receive understanding when we should be giving understanding.

We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledging that they cannot take us all the way.

When we are self-conscious, we cannot be wholly aware; we must throw ourselves out first. This throwing ourselves away is the act of creativity.

To write for children at all is an act of faith.