Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.

After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.

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

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World.

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.

I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.