Artists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books.

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when people have worn out my books, or that they're held together by Scotch tape.

It's a precious thing to be communicating to children, helping them discover the gift of language and thought.

Wherever I go, I'm watching. Even on vacation, when I'm in an airport or a railroad station, I look around, snap pictures, and find out how people do things.

Everything has an educational value if you look for it. But it's the fun I want to get across.

There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books.

Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians.

In the dark time, a light is shine by a divine force.

Human beings can handle much terrible circumstances in life. And that there is always light at the end of the tunnel.--Here Tomorrow

Commercial comedy's often set up to feature an ironist makingdevastating sport of someone who's naive or sentimental or pretentious orpompous.

Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

B2B does not mean boring marketing.

I'd like to be in a play with Mark Rylance.

I don't like going out where it's really, really crowded.

Kindness is the truest wisdom of life and we cannot go far without it.

But I'm not looking forward to trying to strike out a lot of guys

If you're not dark inside and you come to this world, it'l turn you dark... and if you really have Sunshine inside you, it's not good to play in the dark. It's just gonna extinguish your fire.