We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.

Mistakes are growth, and we learn not to do it again. But it doesn't make you a terrible person. That's important to me.

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.

I want to keep meeting new people, enlarging my circle of friends. I have great friends now... really good people. But I'm always ready for what comes next

I tried to write with someone else once before, but it was not successful.

I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell

I'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them