You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distanc…

- Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story is about hope. You, like the little caterpillar, will grow up, unfold your wings and fly off into the future

- Eric Carle

On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop…

- Eric Carle

The hardest part is developing the idea, and that can take years

- Eric Carle

One day I think it's the greatest idea ever that I'm working on. The next day I think it's the worst that I've ever worked on - and I swing between t…

- Eric Carle

He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his w…

- Eric Carle

Let's put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it and you wind up with a 200,000 word novel…

- Eric Carle

We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, app…

- Eric Carle

One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

- Eric Carle