It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can.

In the larger world, tribalism is an enormous problem, as it ever has been: both strength and idiocy borne from belonging.

There are almost always books from each of our imprints that center around the theme of prayer in any season.

...I will not allow books to prove any thing."
"But how shall we prove any thing?"
"We never shall.

I want to illustrate children's books and write them. It's very difficult to get into, it's very competitive. I really haven't spent much time doing it, maybe two to three years.

[Ms. Green, 37, has published six other books, which are targeted at female readers and have together sold more than a million copies, according to her publisher. She and her husband, bank executive David Burke, bought a 20-acre property for $4.5 million in nearby Litchfield County, Conn., which is their main home.] My dream has always been to raise my kids on a farm, ... Plus the peace and quiet enables me to be far more creative.