I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about your books than you do!

My advice to writers is: READ! A lot. Then read some more. read, read, read, read!

My "mission", if you can call it that, is to connect with my readers on an emotional level and have them come away with a stronger impression of the basic message in the story I am illustrating.

My method is subtraction. I use erasers to make the images in my paintings. You really have to see it to fully get it, but it is basically erasing shapes from a background of paint.

The approach to "building" a story with words and phrases is no different than "building" a painting with brushes and pigments.

Research is always a very necessary part of my process because all of my books to this point have been historical. Time spent in the library adds to one's wealth as a writer or artist.

I like people. Humanity. My family is a part of my work. They contribute throughout the process with critiques, advice, opinions, etc.

I will always be an artist first. I see my writing as an extension of my illustrating.

I try to make things interesting and thought-provoking.

If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems.

The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-context and to chronicle it.

Every day gives you an opportunity to improve. With every run, you can try to be better. Not just a better runner, but a better person.

There are no office hours for champions.

They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself--

The majority of mankind is lazyminded, incurious, absorbed in vanities, and tepid in emotion, and is therefore incapable of either much doubt or much faith.

Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.