I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.

I myself was terrified during the Second World War. The war started when I was six, and I was so sure that we were going to be bombed and killed. My imagination is my biggest plus and my worst minus.

To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.

I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.

I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.

Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see...And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But when it's down there on paper, and you look at it, really look, you'll see the way things are...that's the world, isn't it? You have to keep looking to find the truth.

I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.