I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'

I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished ... do I begin the pictures.

And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.

You can start making up any kind of story if you want to.

And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!

I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not a torture to me. If she was gonna hurt me, she'd make me eat.

Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing.