Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.

Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences.

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 never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.

Kids lead a very private life.

When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children.

I became a set designer for opera.