Doesn't Every Kid Want To Dig A

It Is Better To Take Many Small Steps In The Right Direction Than To Make A Great Leap Forward Only To Stumble Backward.

In A Way, It Made Him Sad. He Couldn't Help But Think That A Hundred Times Zero Was Still Nothing.

School Just Speeds Things Up... Without School It Might Take 70 Years Before You Wake Up And Are Able To Count.

I Never Think Of An Entire Book At Once. I Always Just Start With A Very Small Idea. In 'holes,' I Just Began With The Setting; A Juvenile Correctional Facility Located In The Texas Desert. Then I Slowly Make Up The Story, And Rewrite It Several Times, And Each Time I Rewrite It, I Get New Ideas, And Change The Old Ideas Around.

I Jog In The Morning And Then Write For About Two Hours. There Are Times When I'm Really Excited And Can't Wait To Get Back To It. But There Are Days When I Don't Know What's Coming Next, And I Really Have To Force It.