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The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.

I love the idea of a tiny window between the back stoop and the pantry, where the milkman would pass through the cheese. But of course, there is no milkman anymore. So somebody coming by the house and seeing the...

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In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can have some menace behind it.

Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.

I like the gizmos that transport people.

When somebody says, 'This must be a children's book,' basically they're saying, 'You must be a child.' And so my answer is, 'Well, yes, I guess I am a child.' But I don't think of myself that way.

I think parents generally know what's best for their children. But I suppose it's possible to be overprotective.

I don't like to get scared - it's not one of the emotions I enjoy. So I have to assume that if there are scary things in my books, they aren't very scary.

I'm sensitive to the things I see.

If I'm not working on something, I'm eager to work on something because it's so gratifying.

Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.

I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.

I try to satisfy the desires that people have to have their books personalized. That's a value, or feature, of bibliophilia that may vanish. How do you get your e-book signed? The idea of people standing in line to get...

I sculpted for four or five years. Mostly for my own amusement, I decided to do a picture book, and that was kind of a turning point.

My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

I'm not surprised that my books appeal to adults.

It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.

What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books.

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