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

I'm heavily influenced by Edward Ardizzone, how he has people talking in little speech bubbles. I love those. And also Edward Gorey. Those are two of my favorite people.

I know if I did that [career as painter] all the time I would get tired of it.

I think we're conditioned by watching movies.

I do love that discovery of when you're trying to figure out how to make something work, and it happens in a way that you didn't predict.

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.