If you don't believe in dragons, It is curiously true That the dragons you disparage Choose to not believe in you..

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it..

There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a….

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing..

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves..

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect..

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once..

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 keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with t….

A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are..