I wrote Freak the Mighty because Max, the mighty half of Freak the Mighty, insisted and he's bigger than I am.

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together.

I could tell you all the medical terminology,' She says. 'But what finally happened is his heart got to big for his body'

remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.

I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain.

It all boils down to this: A person has only two options in life, to do something or to do nothing.

His heart was simply to big for his body.

Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.", November 1913)

I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.

We are only qualified for God’s glory when we glorify people

We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.

If you're constantly moving, you can get in a monotony that's just as equally boring as sitting still for a long period of time.

Heaven help me for the way I am, save me from these evil deeds before I get them done.

In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights.

I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.

Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

To the deficit commission, a depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem.