I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's why, when I was younger, I was afraid of [writing] something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter.

I'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.

I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.

I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in your own particular way.

Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not a work of imagination.

There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.