Whatever I write I publish. Because that's where the money is.

That's been my fear all along. That I'm not enough, and I still don't trust at all that I am.

If I revise a children's book, if I'm spending three hours on the first draft, I'm probably spending 30 minutes revising it. I mean, come on! But to redo a painting? That's hard work.

My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's books today." Then I sit down and write a children's book, and if it takes more than, realistically, three hours, I feel like I've done something wrong.

I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

Part of what's exciting to me about my career is the constant looking forward. Whenever I finish one project, I am looking to what's next.

There's things I know I'm good at, and those things interest me less and less. I learn a lot more from doing it wrong than I do from doing it right.