Little kids' minds are very, very strong. They bend. There's a lot of tensile strength and they don't break. We start our kids off on things like "Hansel and Gretel," which features child abandonment, kidnapping, attempted murder, forcible detention, cannibalism, and finally murder by cremation. And the kids love it.

Little by little, writers develop their own styles, each as unique as a fingerprint.

When you write, you want to get rid of the world, don’t you? Of course you do. When you’re writing, you’re creating your own worlds.

I still believe in the resilience of the human heart and the essential validity of love;I still believe that connections between people can be made and that the spirits which inhabit us sometimes touch. I still believe that the cost of these connections is horribly, outrageously high... and I still believe that the value received far outweighs the price which must be paid. (From introductory notes.)

Lover," she whispers, and closes her eyes. It falls upon her. Love is like dying.

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.