Most Writers Adore Their Editors, And I'm

My Son And I Discovered Terry Pratchett's Books Together, When He Was About Eleven Years Old. He'd Be Reading On His Own And Would Start To Laugh, And Then Eagerly Read The Passage Aloud To Me--and I'd Do The Same To Him! Pratchett's Books Became A Shared Source Of Delight For Us Back Then, And They Still Are Today.

I Often Have Trouble Falling Asleep At Night, So When I'm Lying In Bed I Think Up Stories. That's Where I Do A Lot Of My Thinking. I Also Get A Lot Of Ideas While I'm Reading - Sometimes Reading Someone Else's Stories Will Make Me Think Of One Of My Own.

I Used To Sit Home With My Computer And Write. After The Newbery, I Probably Spend More Than Half My Time On The Road.

A Mistake Made With Good In Your Heart Is Still A Mistake, But It Is One For Which You Must Forgive Yourself.

I Want All My Books To Provoke Some Kind Of Response In The Reader, To Make Them Think Something Or Feel Something Or Both, And For That To Become A Part Of Them And Work Into Their Own Lives.