The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.

A life is a life no matter how small

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

How did it get so late so soon?

Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.