In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.

Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.

Children are receptive to talking about gender creativity, confirming the importance of the book as a means to instigate this dialogue at an early age.

As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.

As a general rule, I tend to collaborate with artists whose work I admire.

As much as I believe in the capacity for art to create change, and as much as being an artist is physically and emotionally challenging, there is ultimately something a bit comfortable about making art in the comfort of your own home.

I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.