I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.
His mouth is a no-go area. It's like kissing the Berlin Wall.
I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.
I think smells, like sounds, can be so much immediately affecting.
When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.
As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits come out without you really wanting them to come out.