Kids Don't Know About Best Sellers. They

That's What Art Is. You Don't Make Up Stories. You Live Your Life.

In Plain Terms, A Child Is A Complicated Creature Who Can Drive You Crazy. There's A Cruelty To Childhood, There's An Anger.

You Cannot Write For Children They're Much Too Complicated. You Can Only Write Books That Are Of Interest To Them.

There's Something In This Country That Is So Opposed To Understanding The Complexity Of Children.

I Thought That If I Were Going Into Old Age I Would Want To Do What [giuseppe] Verdi Did, Which Is To Write Extraordinary Things, And To Really Find Myself.