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I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them tell me the story. Sometimes I would love to have a happy ending, and it doesn't happen because the character or the story leads me in another direction.

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader's heart.

So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say.

In my family, telling stories is just a way of life.

I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell.

I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.

I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.

If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.

I tell stories. That's what I do. I've always told stories.