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Keep Learning
The point is, if you don’t keep learning, then you might as well stop writing because you’re just stuck in the past somewhere. And you better keep learning your whole life.
Life is Finite
From an everyday standpoint, the fact that life is finite feels like a terrible insult…
Something to Think About
Some of my earliest memories are of World War II, at least World War II from the comfort and safety of my Midwestern home.
On Sustaining a Long Career
I spend very little time looking back over my career as a children’s writer, a career that is stretching toward half a century now. I almost never reread the books I’ve published. I don’t even think about them much except as objects on my shelf that require dusting from time to time.
Starting Over
Every morning, right around 6 a.m., I spring awake. I could stay in bed longer if I wanted to, but I'm done with sleep.
