The Watsons have lost sight of the fact that Mercy Watson is a pig, and they love her truly, madly, deeply. They live next door to two elderly sisters, Eugenia Lincoln and Baby Lincoln. Eugenia Lincoln is horrified that a pig is living in the house next door. Baby Lincoln secretly likes Mercy a great deal.

We all live in fear of getting blocked no matter what kind of art we're trying to do. It happens all the time, but I prefer to think of it as a bad day.

I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.

I am really an introvert, and I need that time alone for a variety of reasons.

While we were working, we were writing about a tall girl and a short girl, which we thought was funny, because Alison's [McGhee] tall and I'm short.

When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

Magic is always impossible.... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic.