Quotes

“I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.” (Good Reads)

“I know that ideas come from everywhere—memories of my own life, incidents in my children's lives, what I see and hear and read—and most of all, from my imagination.” (Good Reads)

 "The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either." (Good Reads)

"Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.” (Good Reads)

"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear." (Good Reads)

“It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers." (Good Reads)

“After each book I get panicky, I don’t love the reviews. I don’t like going through all that, and you would think that, after almost 40 years of writing, I’d have got the hang of it. You can never grow complacent about it because it’s always new, it’s always exciting and it’s always like the first time. (Contemporary Authors Online)