The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of it. Reading should be a joy - fun, fun, fun - not a responsibility, not something you do because society demands it, but something you do because it's a pleasure.

Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life

Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.

Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely.

People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world.

my mother always found me out. Always. She's been dead for thirty-five years, but I have this feeling that even now she's watching.