I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

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I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

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Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

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I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.

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There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

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I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.

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I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.

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It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want.

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I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.

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I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait.

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