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

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.

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

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.

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

I started thinking about [ what book is going to go next] when I was working on As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth.

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.