Occupation: Writer Birth: March 25, 1964
I show up and try, but I may have to ask myself if I need to wait and let myself regenerate and take a break. I know that this thing that makes the s….
As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart..
Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!.
But, reader, there is no comfort in the word "farewell," even if you say it in French. "Farewell" is a word that,in any language, is full of sorrow. ….
During the night, while Bull and Lucy slept, Edward, with ever-open eyes, stared up at the constellations. He said their names, and then he said the ….
I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults..
I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect us to each other, and that reading t….
I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only ….
Farewell” is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by 2 oversize mice in black hoods. Words t….
When I do it [writing] by myself, there's a lot more terror and uncertainty..
Allow me to congratulate you on your very astute powers of observation..
I've never worked with a co-author before [Alison McGhee]. Writing for me is a pretty scary thing, so it was a huge comfort to have someone in the ro….
I think of myself as an enormously lucky person..
You don't realize what you're going to get, and you can't prepare yourself for it..
It is always just telling a story, regardless of the age of the reader. Except, if I'm writing something for kids, I know there has to be hope. I don….
There's nothing more fabulous than an adult saying to you, "I think that you might like this one [book]." So I'm grateful every time that happens. It….
We were 15 minutes into it and nothing was happening; I thought, well, that's not going to work. Then all of a sudden everything clicked. I don't kno….
There can be a lot of longevity in the repetition of things being told again and again in a variety of ways..
I'm grateful for every teacher or librarian who reads a book and says, "This is exactly the book that so-and-so needs to read; I'll get it in his han….
We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other ….
That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing..