You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.

I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.

All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.

My greatest fear is being somewhere without a book.

What is perfect? Journey, a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine. That goes for a picture. That goes for life....Things can be good enough.

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if you ramble off... As my friend Julius Lester says, A picture book is the essence of an experience.