We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.

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

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

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.

Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell

Pistachio nuts, the red ones, cure any problem.

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