"A problem with research is knowing when to stop. For then comes the task of structuring the biography – taking all that research and creating a story with a coherent beginning, middle, and end."
"By the time I finally typed the book out, it was perfect. I was done... Then I shared it with my writing group and found out I wasn’t done. I wasn’t done? What?"
"One day, my (then) fifth grader went eagerly to a haul of books, but as he flipped through them, I saw his posture slump, and he said dismally, “Why do you always bring home sad books about kids having some really bad struggle?”"
"Being creative is being brave. We don’t have to be perfect. If there’s something we love, we can do it because it’s fun. We don’t need to be the BEST to make something or play something or try something."