Occupation: Writer Birth: March 25, 1964
Nothing new ever happens in the books. It's the same old theme..
There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep f….
What would make me happiest is if kids read these books [Bink & Gollie] and think: there is so much to love in the world; and words are so much fun..
Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” “Mmmm-hmmm,” said Gloria. She closed her eyes. “I believe, sometimes, that the whole wo….
There is no right or wrong way to tell a story. You have to find your own way. You can get your idea from listening, looking, or imagining. Stories a….
I loved school; I loved the rules, and I liked there being right answers, wrong answers, and being able to give the right answer all the time. And th….
You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now..
Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light..
It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it..
I feel like I've been blessed. I see the world through stories..
No matter how hard you try to be present at home, you're always doing the things that you have to do..
It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task..
There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup..
The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing..
You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next..
Mercy Watson is obsessed with toast. What was blocking me was the challenge of trying to understand what she loves, what motivates her. That was the ….
I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading..
I think Tony Fucile, who did the illustrations [for Bink & Gollie], is an absolute genius. I've never met him..
There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it..
Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too..
The words, "I have a dog named Winn-Dixie," popped into my head in the voice of a small girl with a southern accent. I'd been writing long enough at ….