I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction.

I never can satisfy some need in me to achieve something of incredible hight. For my sake. It puzzles me deeply. And it sours my life. So there is a permanent dissatisfaction.

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.

Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest.

As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.

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

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.