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" 'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father. "

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" If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up. "

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" I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think. "

" A book is a book is a book. "

" I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children. "

" In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger. "

" I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.' "

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" I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep. "

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" I refuse to lie to children. "

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" I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent. "