Kids never get pissed at their parents. Unheard of.

I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems of Emily. She is so brave. She is so strong. She is such a sexy, passionate, little woman. I feel better.

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.

Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.

When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children.

I have been doodling with ink and watercolor on paper all my life. It's my way of stirring up my imagination to see what I find hidden in my head. I call the results dream pictures, fantasy sketches, and even brain-sharpenin g exercises.