If I Am Just Home And Writing,

Everything I Write Comes From My Childhood In One Way Or Another. I Am Forever Drawing On The Sense Of Mystery And Wonder And Possibility That Pervaded That Time Of My Life.

The Book [the Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane] Is About The Fact That Living In This World Means That Your Heart Is Necessarily Going To Get Broken. But The Book Also Says That's Okay. That's The Only Way To Live A Truly Human Life - With Your Heart Getting Broken - And Eventually Getting Flooded With Love.

At Least Lester Had The Decency To Weep At His Act Of Perfidy. Reader, Do You Know What 'perfidy' Means? I Have A Feeling You Do, Based On The Scene That Unfolded Here. But You Should Look Up The Word In Your Dictionary, Just To Be Sure.

If The World Held Magic Powerful Enough To Make The Elephant Appear, Then There Must Exist, Too, Magic In Equal Measure, Magic Powerful Enough To Undo What Had Been Done.

I Didn't Start Working On Children's Books Until I Got A Job At A Book Warehouse On The Children's Floor. When I Started Reading Some Of The Books, I Was So Impressed.