I don't like things to be static when I'm working.

I do like to be surprised.

With most of my books, there are some parts that pop up right away, and other parts I have to wait for.

I don't think about it that much, but sometimes I am surprised by that. I sometimes wonder why I didn't turn out to be the kind of picture-book writer who has stuffed animals that go with their books. That would be okay with me.

I generally have an idea where I want to go, but I don't know how I'm going to get there.

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.

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.