I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

I want to know God's thoughts.

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others.

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, f*** that, I'm Harry Potter.

[Commercial] radio is absolutely the enemy of music. They are my sworn and mortal enemy, and I will have nothing to do with them.

We can afford almost any mistake once.

It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.

You never know when the best day of your life is going to be.

At home I can become lazy and if a Welsh word is really long, I just replace it with English.

Courtesy is the due of man to man; not of suit-of-clothes to suit-of-clothes.

I'd rather be right than consistent.