The next day, Greg is so large that he cannot even ride the car to school because he can't fit in the car. His parents believe this to have been caused by a food allergy and resolve to take him to the doctor later.

I believe that kids as well as adults are entitled to books of no socially redeeming value.

A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.

Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real.

I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles.

People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they're gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.