I wish I had a typical workday. I struggle to get up at seven and almost always fail. I just try to get to my office as soon as I can, but it's always later than I would like.

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow.

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

I tend to write first thing, and then do my drawing later. I like to draw at night. But often I go for long stretches without drawing, because I'm trying to figure out what I'm writing.

I try not to have anything too much going on between waking up and getting to work. I like to just be really fresh when I sit down. I always have my best ideas, like, within five minutes of starting. And then the rest of the day is just kind of putting in time.