I'm still writing in my old age. And still loving it. It fills my days. Writing is my salvation. I just get up in the morning, and I'm in this world that I scratch out and begin again and write over - and then suddenly it's lunchtime, and I'm back.

All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.

Many times in my life I've been upset about something and said to myself, "Will this matter in two years?" Not even in two months.

Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life.

Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.

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.

The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?