Occupation: Writer Birth: 1951
I could tell you all the medical terminology,' She says. 'But what finally happened is his heart got to big for his body'.
I think in some way it's like that for all of us, living with the ghosts of things that used to be, or never were. We're all of us haunted by yesterd….
Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. "You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?" she asks. "No, what?" "Blu….
Matter of fact, I watch tons of tube, but I also read tons of books so I can figure out what's true and what's fake, which isn't always easy. Books a….
Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching.
I never had a brian till freak came along..
Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together..
Remembering is a great invention of the mind..
Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours.
Expel the object!" Freak shouts. "Regurgitate, you big moron!" and he gives me another thump and I cough up this yucky mess, but I'm still laughing s….
I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for awhile, and that's the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth, is how Fr….
You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it f….
Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real..
remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not..
I wrote Freak the Mighty because Max, the mighty half of Freak the Mighty, insisted and he's bigger than I am..
It's fun to be amazing, to be the star of the show, to have everyone watching you-even if you have to act like a pig..
The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you.
Good riddance to bad rubbish..
The future is like the moon. You never expect to go there, or think about what it might be like..
I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets..
I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain..