My reading preferences are kind of all over the board - I read nonfiction, I read graphic novels.

Try to remember that being unsuccessful in school doesn't automatically mean you'll be unsuccessful in life. Lots of people who didn't excel in school still went on to have successful lives.

A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing.

Nothing prevents boredom like a good book.

Encourage kids to be creative without worrying about being perfect.

Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.

Having a sense of fun in books is a huge, huge deal, because a lot of times kids - even me when I got to third or fourth grade - don't associate reading with fun.

I had a lot of reading problems growing up.

My books are just pure escapism for kids.

I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much.

Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!

My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.

When you are in the field of creativity, you lose track of time. Only the flow exists.

After years of research, scientists recently reported that there is, indeed, arroz in Spanish Harlem. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

Time--our youth--it never really goes, does it? It is all held in our minds.

I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.

Many of the things which can never be, often are.

It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.

Forgive me for my disrespect, forgive me for my lies.

The native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; and enterprises of great pitch and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, and lose the name of action.