As a kid growing up in the 1950s I became acutely aware of the changes taking place in American culture and I must say I didn't much like it. I witne….

We are generally punished by where we have sinned..

He who commences many things finishes but few..

Oh, I don't talk about God..

Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives..

Libraries are a consistent and major source of books for free reading..

Life really is very brief..

I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don't pick up a book….

Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end..

Strength is not gained overnight; it is cultivated over time..

When I read the books, I imagined that the family of Ron Weasley was my family..

There will never again be a day exactly like today. There will never again be a moment exactly like this moment. After my next birthday, I will never….

I came in on the decline. Phil Elliot was in first, he got his book out, he sold thirteen thousand, I think he got two issues out before I got mine i….

The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create..

You can only go to places that you will let yourself go..

I worry very much about kids growing up in a society where they think: "I'm not going to talk about this issue, read this book or explore this idea b….

I didn't go in to make friends or not make friends..

No one can stop what God has for you..

All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of me..

I find when death comes, it is usually a woman that is called for..

Everything takes longer than you expect, even when you expect it to take longer than you expect..