But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

I think the idea that in a riddle there are two answers or two doors and that you have to pick the right one is almost sort of delightful to kids who are making so many choices every day and who often don't know for a while if they've made the right one. It's not as if you make a choice and then *ding* you have some sense of "oh, this is perfect and I'm happy" - it's never that simple.

Pajamas are good for the soul.

When something works for you, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that it will work for someone else.

Like when that man was running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the cafeteria while the police tried to catch him.

She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school.

When you trust your readers, you're hoping they will see what you see. Not every book is for every person.