Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker.

Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large canvas and all the details.

They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

It's strange the times people choose to be generous.

After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.

My sister was the one who told me where babies come from. My sister was also the one who laughed when I immediately asked her where babies go to.

When you publish a book, you do so in part to end the silence. All censorship is silence. I would never, as an author, feel right requiring a young person whose family would object to the book to read it. Just as I would never force that person to read it, I would ask those folks to not force others not to read it. To me, that is just good manners.