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

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

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

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single