I Try To Create New Characters In

I Made Promises To You That I'm Not Sure I Can Keep. None Of It Has Anything To Do With You. It's Just That I Don't Know What To Do Now. You Must Be Thinking What A Rotten Person I Am. Well, Believe Me, I'm Thinking The Same Thing. I Don't Know How This Happened Or Why. Maybe I Can Get Over It. Do You Think You Can Wait - Because I Don't Want You To Stop Loving Me. I Keep Remembering Us And How It Was. I Don't Want To Hurt You ... Not Ever.

It Didn't Happen In The 70s. So I Had A Whole Decade When I Was Writing These Books And Maybe There Was A Little Bit Here Or There But There Was No Big Effort To Ban Books.

In This Age Of Censorship, I Mourn The Loss Of Books That Will Never Be Written, I Mourn The Voices That Will Be Silenced-writers' Voices, Teachers' Voices, Students' Voices-and All Because Of Fear.

Some Characters Become Your Friends For Life. That's How It Was For Me With Betsy-tacy.

I Am A Big Defender Of 'harry Potter,' And I Think Any Book That Gets Kids To Read Are Books That We Should Cherish, We Should Be Thankful For Them.