Nothing Teaches You As Much About Writing

I Never Read The "bobbsey Twins" Or "boxcar Children."but I Did Remember Being Downtown, At The Bookstore By Myself And Having An Allowance And Spending It On A Nancy Drew Mysteries. And I Was Probably Eleven, Twelve.

I Didn't Know Anything About Writers. It Never Occurred To Me They Were Regular People And That I Could Grow Up To Become One, Even Though I Loved To Make Up Stories Inside My Head.

Fear Is Often Disguised As Moral Outrage.

I Do Believe That People Who Write For Children Are Deeply Connected To Their Own Childhood.

She Wondered If All The Firsts In Her Life Would Go By So Quickly, And Be Forgotten Just As Quickly.