I've found places that are just as beautiful as New England, but this is my home.

I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able to remember back to that time.

The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.

When I was little I used to wish I could talk to the illustrators because I wanted to discuss something about the books. With so many of the other art forms that children experience, such as movies and television, they don't get to control the pace.

When I was little, I loved books that gave me lots of detail so that I felt like I could be transported to this other place, or, in the case of an illustration, I felt like I could walk into the page.

Teachers have to respect the privacy of students' creative life, but at the same time give them a chance to express themselves.

I love children because that's a part of my life that was so happy, and I like to remember back to those days where everything is a discovery, and the world is so fresh.