Fear Is Often Disguised As Moral Outrage.

Suppose There Aren't Any More A + Days Once You Get To Be Twelve? Wouldn't That Be Something! To Spend The Rest Of Your Life Looking For An A + Day And Not Finding It.

I Wasn't Interested In The Kinds Of Books That I Thought I Should Be Reading.

A Lot Of People Worry Much Too Much About What Their Children Are Reading... If A Child Picks Up A Book And Reads Something She Has A Question About, If She Can Go To Her Parents, Great. Or Else They Will Read Right Over It. It Won't Mean A Thing. They Are Very Good, I Think, At Monitoring What Makes Them Feel Uncomfortable. If Something Makes Them Feel Uncomfortable They Will Put It Down.

I'm A More Skilled Writer Now, But After 23 Books It's Harder To Be Fresh And That's Really Important To Me. I Don't Want To Write The Same Thing Over And Over Again.

Each Of Us Must Confront Our Own Fears, Must Come Face To Face With Them. How We Handle Our Fears Will Determine Where We Go With The Rest Of Our Lives. To Experience Adventure Or To Be Limited By The Fear Of It.