“Writing is magic for those willing to follow their imagination to a region where anything is possible.”

“And still others heard: dreeeple zoonnnnnnggggggg ummmmmtwrrrdssssCalling from the beyondWhatever it was, it touched E.T.'s healing finger, and caused it to glow.He healed himself.”

“Their leader wore a Nazi helmet and had renamed himself Heimlich in honor of the man who ran the SS, not knowing he'd confused the Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choke victims and Heinrich Himmler.”

“in the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen”

“Writing is the hardest way of earning a living with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.”

“Writing is one-third imagination, one-third experience, and one third observation.”

“Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.”