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 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 love when I'm trying to do something I don't know how to do, and it kind of figures itself out along the way. And that means messing up a lot. That means throwing away a lot of drawings.

By the time I finished the book [All Alone in the Universe], Robin Roy was saying, "More pictures!"

I think we're conditioned by watching movies.

I'm structured with time.

A long time ago, I had an idea to make a book for preschoolers who had older siblings who were going to school.