My House Is Me And I Am

Well You Know, It's True That As A Fat Person I Run A Greater Risk Of Heart Disease, Diabetes, And A Number Of Other Things. But Guess What? The Amount Of That Risk Is Almost Infinitessimal!

Children Make Better Readers Than Adults. They Read As Carefully As I Write; Adults Read As A Means Of Getting Off To Sleep. I Get Letters Saying 'i Have Read Your Book Seventeen Times.' If You're An Adult Novelist And You Get That Letter, You Should Be Afraid. You're Being Stalked. Kids Always Read Them Seventeen Times!

Some Women Have Said, 'gee, Here I Am Getting Involved With This Fat Guy, What Will People Think Of Me?' But They Were Converted And Sometimes Surprised.

Trust Me, There Is No Formula For Most Things That Are Not Math.

I Imagine A Child. That Child Is Me. I Can Reconstruct And Vividly Remember Portions Of My Own Childhood. I Can See, Taste, Smell, Feel, And Hear Them. Then What I Do Is, Not Write About That Kid Or About His World, But Start To Think Of A Book That Would Have Pleased Him.