I Think Good Books Have To Make

Most Of My Work Consisted Of Crossing Out. Crossing Out Was The Secret Of All Good Writing.

I Could Invent Another World. I'm Not Terribly Keen On This One.

If Kids Like A Picture Book, They're Going To Read It At Least 50 Times. Read Anything That Often, And Even Minor Imperfections Start To Feel Like Gravel In The Bed.

Fiction That Responds To Recent World Events Is A Hostage To Fortune Because All Momentous Events Look Very Different A Year, Two Years, Three Years Later.

My Book Has A Very Simple Surface, But There Are Layers Of Irony And Paradox All The Way Through It.