I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard.

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

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.

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.

there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality

I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.