“There aren't enough hours in the day for me to create the stories my imagination is holding.”

“My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one sees a book in the same way, no one sees the characters the same way. As a reader you imagine them in your own mind. So, together, as author and reader, we have both created the story.”

“Then he talks about his recent success creating a musical chip that’s tiny enough to be concealed in a flake of glitter but can hold hours of songs.”

“I didn't know the value of creation until I did it. Once I tasted imagination, I knew that I was trapped. I knew that I could never look back. At this point in my life, reality simply isn't enough for me. Dreams simply aren't enough for me. I need something more. I need to live in imagination. I need to become imagination.”

“my stomach holds at least a thousand hours' worth of swallowed sentences, but these days they want out.”

“This is the problem with over-crowded inner-city schools there aren't enough parts for everyone in the nativity story.”