I just love to draw. It's very intense for me. The day will just go by like the snap of a finger. A lot of times I'll draw or paint late into the night. When I am really concentrating, I kind of lose track of what I am doing.

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

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

A book is something that young readers can experience on their own time. They decide when to turn the page. They'll put their arm right on the page so you can't turn it because they're not ready to go to the next page yet. They just want to look at it again, or they want to read the book over and over because they really enjoy setting the pace themselves.

We're going to Surf City, gonna have some fun. Now, two girls for every boy.

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.

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