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.

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

One of my favorite moments in that book [As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth] was when something happened that I had no idea was going to happen.

I made a drawing for a book I'm working . It's a little drawing of a girl who's ashamed and upset and hides in the corner of the closet. It's the kind of drawing that I feel like I'm really good at.

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

In some ways I'm very structured.

I know I'm still young and there's a lot of time for things to happen, but sometimes I think there is something about me that's wrong, that I'm not the kind of person anyone can fall in love with, and that I'll always just be alone.