A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and look at it and imagine and contemplate while they're looking at.

Writing a story is like going down a path in the woods. You follow the path. You don't worry about getting lost. You just go.

The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.

I would like teachers to look deep because sometimes kids do have a faade that they put up because they feel vulnerable. Their creative truth may not be ready for their friends to see.

I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book.

Teachers have to respect the privacy of students' creative life, but at the same time give them a chance to express themselves.

I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able to remember back to that time.

We're going to Surf City, gonna have some fun. Now, two girls for every boy.

I've found places that are just as beautiful as New England, but this is my home.

I love children because that's a part of my life that was so happy, and I like to remember back to those days where everything is a discovery, and the world is so fresh.

The problem of society is that they use a single word to describe you.

If we'd never met, I think I would have known my life wasn't complete. And I would have wandered the world in search of you, even if I didn't know who I was looking for

I represent what I think is a traditional Republican... a limited government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual freedom and liberty.

What's interesting about the Trump administration is how bitterly divided they are in their attitudes towards Putin.

There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves.

Many have believed that Walden reached quite through to the other side of the globe.

It's really important for me to look good before a race. I definitely think if I feel I look good, it makes me feel more confident.

People tend to believe that to be modern you have to disengage from your heritage, but it's not true.

My favorite business book of all time is experience.

Prayer is never just an emergency flare or desperate anxious gamble. God's attention is not based on our performance but parental love.