If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.

There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves.

Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.

Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high.

I gotta pound the keys for the ideas to flow.

Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression.

Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.