I like to think of myself as a storyteller.

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 remember passion.

Happiness is loving your enemies.

Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.

Maximum difficulty isn't the same as optimal difficulty.

Three cheers for war, noble and beautiful above all.

You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.

Throw everything away, forget about it all!

I like this word decadent; all shimmering and purple and gold.

Absolutism is a guarantee of objectionable morals in the same way that absolutism in government is a guarantee of objectionable government.

Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write.