I'm fortunate enough to get to make books for a living, so I spend my entire workday alone in my studio quietly doing my favorite thing in the world. When I need a break from that, it's usually because I'm desperate to see other human beings again!

Knitting is repetitive, rewarding, and calms me down like a warm bath. But it takes up juuuust enough brainspace that I can't come up with ideas. Which is too bad, because I love multitasking.

I'm one of those people with restless hands. I need to be doodling, or biting my nails, or making socks.

Why can't I just Google it like everything else?! I hate you public library system!

Animation taught me to draw quickly and clearly and to communicate a character's feelings through his or her body language and facial expressions.

I could lose myself forever in that dark hair and those sweet love handles.

Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have.