I think I always knew that I would do something with art because it was the one thing that I knew I was really good at.

I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy ran quickly down the hallway? The boy ran down the marble hallway? I agonize over the words. So my editor works very hard. I'm lucky to have her.

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

He wished he was with his mom in her library, where everything was safe and numbered and organized by the Dewey decimal system. Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for, like the meaning of your dream, or your dad.

Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.