The Only Thing That Works With Writing

Do Not Let Anyone Discourage You. If They Try: Get Determined, Not Depressed.

You Can't Deny They Ever Happened. You Can't Deny You Ever Loved Them, Love Them Still, Even If Loving Them Causes You Pain

I Meet People On The Street Or At Book Signings And They Tend To Treat Me As If They Know Me, As If We're Connected. It's Great.

The Parent Reads The Book. The Kid Reads The Book And Then They Can Talk About The Characters Instead Of Talking About Themselves. You Know There's A Connection Even If You Don't Talk About It When You Read The Same Books.

In This Age Of Censorship, I Mourn The Loss Of Books That Will Never Be Written, I Mourn The Voices That Will Be Silenced-writers' Voices, Teachers' Voices, Students' Voices-and All Because Of Fear.