"I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful."

"The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives."

"I am certainly pro-Israel, and I have become very much pro-Israel after what I've seen in the Lebanon."

"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom."

"Even if they are not [bloodthirsty], even if they are the most peace-loving people on earth, they still have to fight back when they are attacked."