If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.

I think Laurie's Keller story 'We are growing', resonates because when you have that amount of independence, you're starting to ask yourself questions that the grownups in your life have been answering for you. Before that, you are a good kid, or you are a funny kid, because you're told that's who you are. But when it's just you and the book, you have to figure out who you are.

The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.

I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-

My favorite book is my next one. I’m always hoping to make my next book my best one.

I've been lucky enough to have made enough of these types of children's books that while I don't necessarily know what works, I know what doesn't work. I've got a sense of the rhythm and the form. With this series, I get to play with ideas that I would never have myself.

Writing for children is as easy as describing the history of the Byzantium in three words.