Most Writers Adore Their Editors, And I'm

I Often Have Trouble Falling Asleep At Night, So When I'm Lying In Bed I Think Up Stories. That's Where I Do A Lot Of My Thinking. I Also Get A Lot Of Ideas While I'm Reading - Sometimes Reading Someone Else's Stories Will Make Me Think Of One Of My Own.

Most Writers Adore Their Editors, And I'm No Exception.

I Want All My Books To Provoke Some Kind Of Response In The Reader, To Make Them Think Something Or Feel Something Or Both, And For That To Become A Part Of Them And Work Into Their Own Lives.

I Used To Sit Home With My Computer And Write. After The Newbery, I Probably Spend More Than Half My Time On The Road.

You Burn The Paper, But Not The Words. You Silence The Words, But Not The Thoughts. You Kill The Thoughts Only If You Kill The Man. And You Will Find That His Thoughts Rise Again In The Minds Of Others - Twice As Strong As Before.