It's really daunting when you have just spent a lot of time on something to think about tossing it out. But once you've started something better that's working right, then it's pretty easy to let the first one go.

Ideas mostly come from the work itself. Often when I'm drawing, the words will be bouncing around in my head, and when I'm writing, ideas about the drawing happen.

If I could make a career out of drawing little girls hiding in corners, I would do really well.

I [drinking coffee] for about an hour, I get dressed and go down in my studio, and that's a different kind of working.

I had a general outline of subjects. The way I start my days is my husband brings me a thermos of coffee up to the bedroom.

I'm German, after all.

I remember when I was working on All Alone in the Universe, and Robin Roy was my editor. When I first sent it to her, she said kids this age don't want pictures in their books.