I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

I bet she thought she was getting into a fight with a vanilla wafer on roller skates but little did she know she was getting into a fight with a spider sandwich.

Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?

In the year 3000, everything will be instant.

My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell.

Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.

It's more fun if you can control things like lighting and make special effects in the darkroom.

Perhaps having the courage to find a better path is having the courage to risk making new mistakes.

After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas.

My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist's website.

A man may not achieve everything he has dreamed, but he will never achieve anything great without having dreamed it first.