How We Handle Our Fears

It Didn't Happen In The 70s. So I Had A Whole Decade When I Was Writing These Books And Maybe There Was A Little Bit Here Or There But There Was No Big Effort To Ban Books.

No Place Has Delicatessen Like New York.

I Hate First Drafts, And It Never Gets Easier. People Always Wonder What Kind Of Superhero Power They'd Like To Have. I Wanted The Ability For Someone To Just Open Up My Brain And Take Out The Entire First Draft And Lay It Down In Front Of Me So I Can Just Focus On The Second, Third And Fourth Drafts.

[with "summer Sisters" The Publisher] Sent Me On A Big Book Tour. And It Was The Most Wonderful Professional Experience Of My Life. I Mean It Was Like Kleenex On Every Table Wherever I Was, Friends Patting Friends On The Back And They'd Cry And I'd Cry.

Books Opened Up A Whole New World To Me. Through Them I Discovered New Ideas, Traveled To New Places, And Met New People. Books Helped Me Learn To Understand Other People And They Taught Me A Lot About Myself. ... Some Books You Never Forget. Some Characters Become Your Friends For Life.