"You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room."

"All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone will be something you'll be quite a lot!"

"I'm not really a children's writer. I'm a writer who writes for children."

"I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in this world is weird."

"I don't think there's any such thing as a bad book for children."