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

I love that when you're writing your mind is sort of figuring things out on its own, without you directing it.

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

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.