As Far As Books Getting Turned Into

I Think Tony Fucile, Who Did The Illustrations [for Bink & Gollie], Is An Absolute Genius. I've Never Met Him.

Stories Are Light. Light Is Precious In A World So Dark.

It Is A Bad Thing To Have Love And Nowhere To Put It.

Mercy Watson Is Obsessed With Toast. What Was Blocking Me Was The Challenge Of Trying To Understand What She Loves, What Motivates Her. That Was The Missing Piece. Toast Became The Physical Symbol Of Mercy's Hopefully Endearing Greed And Obsession. Without That Element In Place, It Didn't Make Sense.

Every Morning For, I Don't Know How Long, I Came Over To Alison's [mcghee] House And We Sat In Her Office And Wrote The Stories "out Loud" Together. We Yelled At Each Other And Made Each Other Laugh. It Was A Lot Of Fun.