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I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

I hope people will like my novels after I'm dead. And I hope my children think about me in good ways, by and large.

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important.

The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books. It's really rewarding to think that they can grow up reading my books at all the different levels.

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.

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.

I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do.

One of the most important things in my childhood were the new books that came in. I feel sorry for kids today who have so many other options like television that they may not value books as much as they could enjoy them.