A Friend Suggested That I Get A

I've Always Loved Children's Books - It's Not That I Didn't Like Them, I Just Didn't Think I Wanted To Do That. But Then I Suddenly Realized I Did.

Time Can Play All Sorts Of Tricks On You. In The Blink Of An Eye, Babies Appear In Carriages, Coffins Disappear Into The Ground, Wars Are Won And Lost, And Children Transform, Like Butterflies, Into Adults.

Once I'm Given An Idea For A Story I Have A Million Ideas On How It Should Be Illustrated, But I Don't Have A Big Shoebox Full Of Unfinished Ideas.

Well, Everything Surprises Me About The Writing Process Because Illustrating Comes Much More Naturally To Me Than Writing Does.

I Like To Imagine That The World Is One Big Machine. You Know, Machines Never Have Any Extra Parts. They Have The Exact Number And Type Of Parts They Need. So I Figure If The Entire World Is A Big Machine, I Have To Be Here For Some Reason. And That Means You Have To Be Here For Some Reason, Too.