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

I don't want to make myself sound that spontaneous, because I'm not.

I do like to be surprised.

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

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 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.

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.