Time can play all sorts of tricks on you. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults.

I've always loved children's books - it's not that I didn't like them, I just didn't think I wanted to do that. But then I suddenly realized I did.

If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made.

It's fun to see how other artists adapt my work.

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.