I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head

I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.