"May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character."

"If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up."

"A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them."

"Love is action. It isn't just talk, and it never was."

"Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count."

"I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously."