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.

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

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway.

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

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

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