There Is Nothing Sweeter In

I Loved School; I Loved The Rules, And I Liked There Being Right Answers, Wrong Answers, And Being Able To Give The Right Answer All The Time. And That Goes Against Who Many Would Predict Is Going To Go Out And Break Rules And Tell Stories For A Living.

I Was Over At Alison's [mcghee], I Think We Were Playing Scrabble. I Remember We Were Both Complaining - Yeah, We Sound Like Whiners - About How Hard Writing Is, And How We Didn't Have A Story To Work On. Alison Said, 'why Don't We Work On Writing Something Together,' And I Said, 'eh, I Don't Know If I Could Work That Way.' She Said, 'well, Just Show Up Here And We'll See,' And I Said, 'well, What Would It Be About?' She Said, 'duh, It'd Be About A Tall Girl And A Short Girl.' So I Agreed To Come And Try It For A Day.

I Believe, Sometimes, That The Whole World Has An Aching Heart.

Longing Is Not Always A Reciprocal Thing.

The Themes In My Books, Like In Life, Are About Grace And Redemption And You Never Know When They're Going To Show Up And What Form They're Going To Be In. Stories Emerge From Keeping Your Heart Open To The People That Cross In Front Of You Or The Dogs Or The Mice, And Their Ability To Open You Up And Enrich Your Life.