We All Need Ways To Express Ourselves,

When I Began Writing, I Didn't Read Any Other Children's Poets... I Didn't Want To Be Influenced Until I'd Found My Own Voice. Now I Read Them All.

I Invented Animals And Birds - I Had About Two Dozen. After Working On Them For Six Months, I Sat Down And Just For Fun Wrote Two Dozen Poems To Accompany The Drawings. It Was For No One To Every See, But A Friend Sent Me In To An Editor.

I'm Usually Working On Eight Or 10 Things At Once.

I Always Knew Would Be Some Sort Of Artist, But Didn't Know What.

I Look For Poetry In English Because It's The Only Language I Read.