All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

How is it possible that our parents lied to us?" "Lets see: Santa, the Tooth Fairy,the Easter bunny,um, God. You're the prettiest kid in school. This wont hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that..." "Everythings going to be alright.

I love that the book [Paper Girls ] gets to kind of evolve and change in each era. Our third storyline is our best so far.

I think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids.

The longer I've been writing scripts, the more I find that you have to give the artist more leeway or else you'll just be disappointed. You can't force them to draw every image that's in your head. Since I'm a horrific artist, I wouldn't want them to anyway. So I definitely give them a lot more leeway now than I did at the beginning.

There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game.

I'm still digesting the '90s. It takes some time to get perspective.