I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.

I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.

To become a novelist, the most crucial thing one must do is read, read and read again - gradually you begin to think like a writer. Ideas are not found - they are shaped.

I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion - to make good readers is to let kids choose their own books and not test them.

I think well-read people - the world is open to them.

Sometimes you need a good laugh, and then there are times when you need a good cry.