A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.

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

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

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

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.

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

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.