My Father Fell Really Chronically Ill When

Fairytales Have Always Got To Have That Scary Quality, As Long As You Make Them Laugh.

Journalists Are Always Calling My Features Edwardian Or Victorian, Whatever That Means. I Am Small, And People Were Smaller In Those Times. I'm Pale And Sickly-looking. I Look Fragile-like A Doll. But Sometimes I Just Wish I Had Less Of A Particular Look, One That Was More Versatile.

When You Write For Very Young Children What They Want Is Something Familiar And Safe And Stereotyped.

I Was Weird Right From The Start. It's Just That You Can't Ever Expect People To Get You. And I Do Think That Really Did Mess With My Head, Being Well-known Young, When You Really Don't Know Who You Are.

Be Yourself. No One Else Can.