He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since.

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.

I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.

Time wounds all heals.

We become the books we read.

You know what is beautiful? A real conversation with a real person.

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable.

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense - adapting one-self to circumstances - and a sense of humor.

I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews.

Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most

I'm a real pushover for animals.

Research is a scientific activity dedicated to discovering what makes grass green.