When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.

My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.

I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.