I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

I wanted my wild things to be frightening.

We all want to be renewed, don't we?

I'm totally crazy, I know that.

Make it dangerous or it's not worth doing.

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