The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.

Writing a story is like going down a path in the woods. You follow the path. You don't worry about getting lost. You just go.

A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and look at it and imagine and contemplate while they're looking at.

I would like teachers to look deep because sometimes kids do have a faade that they put up because they feel vulnerable. Their creative truth may not be ready for their friends to see.

I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book.

Teachers have to respect the privacy of students' creative life, but at the same time give them a chance to express themselves.

I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able to remember back to that time.

We're going to Surf City, gonna have some fun. Now, two girls for every boy.

I've found places that are just as beautiful as New England, but this is my home.

I love children because that's a part of my life that was so happy, and I like to remember back to those days where everything is a discovery, and the world is so fresh.

With its leaves so rich and heavy with elation and its crimson face made brighter with visions of divinity the shadow of a certain rose looks just like an angel eating light.

For several people the challenge with the dream isn't bread & butter but the luxury.

I took time in the day to write as much of the book as I possibly could. I didn't write too much at night, because I don't like to - I'd rather watch TV.

As a dead man cannot inherit an estate, no more can a dead soul inherit heaven. The soul must be resurrected in Christ.

I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.

The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me.

God shrouds himself in mystery so He can be found by true seekers.

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world.

Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment.

I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.