I Always Write With Music. It Takes

As Far As Books Getting Turned Into Movies, I Fared Very, Very Well.

There Are So Many Difficult Things And Stories Can Make Them Palatable. That's The Way I Have Always Felt.

Things Are Not At All What They Seem To Be: Oh No, Not At All.

The Words, "i Have A Dog Named Winn-dixie," Popped Into My Head In The Voice Of A Small Girl With A Southern Accent. I'd Been Writing Long Enough At That Point To Know Not To Ignore That Kind Of Red Flag. The Next Day, I Put Aside What I'd Been Working On, Started With That One Sentence, And Followed It All The Way To The End.

That You Can Go Anywhere In America And Get A Book From A Library Is Just The Most Amazing Thing In The World. It's Not A Duty; It's A Privilege And It's A Joy. That Joy Is Doubled And Tripled And Quadrupled If You Read With Other People.