There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do.

The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.