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Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It's so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving.

Everybody has ideas. The vital question is, what do you do with them? My rock musician sons shape their ideas into music. My sister takes her ideas and fashions them into poems. My brother uses his ideas to help him understand science. I take my ideas and turn them into stories.

Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.

I just like seeing kids inspired.

I loved stories as a kid, both being read to me and enjoying on my own. All these stories inspired my imagination, and that's what I have always aimed at doing for my readers: ignite their imaginations.

I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.

Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.

When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in.

I hope that I can be an inspiration to kids that are young and may feel different or may feel like they don't belong.

I am always fascinated by the way kids create their own world. That is something I am very attentive to anywhere I go.