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 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.

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 started thinking about [ what book is going to go next] when I was working on As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth.

We had a dog, Lucky, who was fourteen years old. For the last year of his life, I would take him on these walks that were long but didn't cover much distance.

I don't feel like it's something I invented myself, rather something I absorbed and continue to do.

I do like to be surprised.