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I always want my books to reach a positive point in the end.

I've never really been satisfied with a book. I always want it to be better.

I think good books have to make a few people angry.

Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.

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

Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.

I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.