To partly remain a child: that is to be really mature.
I hope never to retire. I write so many because it's the thing I like to do most - to write. And if you write every day, you just naturally get a lot of books.
I always have strong feelings when I'm writing a book. Sometimes when I'm writing a book, I even cry when I'm writing. Once I read a quotation that I thought was very true for me, which is: "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. "
It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen.
I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young.
You need a theme in a picture book just as much or maybe even more than you need it in a novel.
Titles are very hard. Sometimes a title comes before I start to write the book, but often I finish the book and I still don't have a title. I have to go through the book again and then sometimes I hope a title jumps out at me from what I've written.
There's so much interaction between the crowd and the music that it's an incredible moment to be a part of.
The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.
I wouldn't say Donald Trump is a champion for white America, I think he shares a lot of the issues and values of white America.
I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.