As Elmore Leonard Says, I Write To

I Like Going To Schools And Telling Classes That When I Was A Child, I Failed Every "will This Kid Become A Writer" Test.

I Read My Books Out Loud To Myself Because Of The Demands Of The Story And Demands Of Language.

Each New Friendship Can Make You A New Person, Because It Opens Up New Doors Inside Of You.

Wayne Wang, The Director Of Because Of Winn-dixie The Movie, Understood The Book And Transferred As Much Of The Feeling Of The Book Onto Film As Humanly Possible. I Think He Did A Fabulous Job. And Also I'm Thrilled Because The Movie Brings People To The Book - People That Wouldn't Know About The Book - And That's A Great Thing.

You Can't Always Judge People By The Things They Done. You Got To Judge Them By What They Are Doing Now.