I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate a book now, and I can love a book very much, it's….

Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud..

I'm an old man, and she's gone now. So don't worry, okay?.

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize how dark the room had gotten.….

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean..

Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.' So I figured it's because I never ha….

I think I'm still fed by my childhood experience of reading, even though obviously I'm reading many books now and a lot of them are books for childre….

I think if you can take something out and it doesn't change the book, it doesn't need to be there..

I remember in junior high school, which is what we called it, suddenly I was looking at myself, almost through other people's eyes, and thought: how ….

Beautiful and fresh, Girl Saves Boy is full of the absolute truth-life is complicated. I could not put it down..

Like when that man was running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the cafeteria while the police tried to catch him..

If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?" This is my ….

I think the idea that in a riddle there are two answers or two doors and that you have to pick the right one is almost sort of delightful to kids who….

I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones..

The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story, changing the w….

Pajamas are good for the soul..

But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life..

Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other..

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way..

Mom. She always says to look at the big picture. How all of the little things don't matter in the long run. . . I know that Mom is right about the bi….

When something works for you, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that it will work for someone else..