"I'm not really a children's writer. I'm a writer who writes for children."

"It's a great thing to be a writer. It's a great thing to write, and to do it for kids, that's just frosting on the cake."

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to g…"

"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with…"

"I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down at the bottom we, too, have some rights."