We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. And if I've done anything, I've had kids express themselves as they are.

How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.

The magic of childhood is the strangeness of childhood — the uniqueness that makes us see things that other people don't see.

And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.