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I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.


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I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.



One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since.

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since.



With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.



If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.



Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.



Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.



She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.

She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.



I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.



Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.

Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.



I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.

I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.





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I may just keep releasing singles 'til I run out of music, which is kind of cool in a way - as long as people don't go, 'Oh my God, not another one!'

I may just keep releasing singles 'til I run out of music, which is kind of cool in a way - as long as people don't go, 'Oh my God, not another one!'



All men are mad in some way or the other, and inasmuch as you deal discreetly with your madmen, so deal with God's madmen too, the rest of the world.

All men are mad in some way or the other, and inasmuch as you deal discreetly with your madmen, so deal with God's madmen too, the rest of the world.



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Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.

Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.



I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years.

I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years.



The tree falls not at the first stroke.

The tree falls not at the first stroke.



I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.



I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes.

I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes.



All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and two or three years later it will come true. It keeps you on your toes.

All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and two or three years later it will come true. It keeps you on your toes.




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