I Fell In Love With Books At

Ideas Seem To Come From Everywhere - My Life, Everything I See, Hear, And Read, And Most Of All, From My Imagination. I Have A Lot Of Imagination.

I Love Picture Books. I Think Some Of The Best People In Children's Books Are The Ones Who Create Their Own Picture Books. I Wish I Could Say I'm One Of Them, But I'm Not.

I Didn't Know I Was Really A Writer Until I Read It In The New York Times. And Then I Thought, "oh My God, Maybe I Can Really Do This". That Was A Review Of "margaret."

The Parent Reads The Book. The Kid Reads The Book And Then They Can Talk About The Characters Instead Of Talking About Themselves. You Know There's A Connection Even If You Don't Talk About It When You Read The Same Books.

When I'm Writing A Book, You Can't Think About Your Audience. You're Going To Be In Big Trouble If You Think About It. You're Got To Write From Deep Inside.