I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.

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.

It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is.

I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't.

I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?