I Suppose Partially Because Of The Success

These Days, People Like Me Who Are In The Arts Are Perceived As Celebrity Writers. That Really Makes Me Angry Because I Expend A Great Deal Of Effort And Spend An Enormous Amount Of Time On My Books. And I've Been Writing Now For 35 Years.

All I Care About Really Is Writing Something Worthwhile For Children, Something That Will Engage Them In Some Way And Stimulates In Them A Sense Of Wonder.

I Am Told That The First Comprehensible Word I Uttered As A Child Was 'home.

When I Start To Write, I See My Stories As A Kind Of Movie. For Instance, I Ask Myself, "what Kind Of Opening Do I Want For This Book?"

I Was Fortunate Enough To Work At The Peak Of The Great Golden Age Of Musicals. And Then For Awhile, I Think They Were Being Advanced In Different Ways. Andrew Lloyd-webber Brought The Rock Beat To Musicals; People Tried Different Things. The Joy Of Musicals Is That There Is No Perfect Recipe; It Is What You Throw Into It.