My favorite of my books is DAVE AT NIGHT, because it's loosely based on my father's childhood in an orphanage.

You're Only the fairest when your fairest to yourself

I had to share a room with my sister, who is five and a half years older than I am. We didn't get along well, and I felt that I had no privacy. So books were my privacy, because no one could join me in a book, no one could comment on the action or make fun of it. I used to spend hours reading in the bathroom -- and we only had one bathroom in our small apartment!

Oak, granite, Lilies by the road, Remember me? I remember you. Clouds brushing Clover hills, Remember me? Sister, child, Grown tall, Remember me? I remember you.

To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail." He laughed again. " You should have done it. I would have caught you at the bottom.

That's funny, you're funny. I like you, I'm quite taken by you.

I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.