I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it.

Food to eat and games to play. Tell me why, tell me why. Serve it out and eat it up. Have a try, have a try.

Death comes to us all sooner or later. We cannot escape it.

We could have chopped down the sycamore with this.

I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!

Courage is the moment when an ordinary being becomes an extraordinary being.

Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?