“I do not think consciously of children [when writing] I do know that children read me more intelligently than adults do.”

“My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read 'Boneland.'”

“I do not think consciously of children [when writing] … I do know that children read me more intelligently than adults do.”

“Im a dot in the grand scheme of things. I dont matter, not even to the other dots.”

“Music is a writer's heartbeat.”

“Gratitude is the gateway to a positive life.”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”