Most of my books came from when I was telling stories.

I tell the stories in front of audiences and wait for something to happen. It’s similar to a standup comic doing his schtick for an audience.

If you don’t remember childhood and you idealize it, you can’t write books for kids because they’re not real. Kids pick that up.

I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I will say: I am going to make up a new story.

People forget what a big issue toilet training is for adults and kids, and it is not fun, especially when you’re in a car on the interstate.

The title is one of the most important things. It is the first thing that people read.

Every author has different ways of writing and what works for one author does not necessarily work for another.

Success is a wonderful addition to my life.

Writing is a bit like swimming. You learn writing by doing it and you learn swimming by doing it. Nobody learns how to swim by reading a book about swimming and nobody learns how to write by reading a book about writing. If you want to learn how to write, write a lot and you will get better at it.

Clang Clang Rattle Bing Bang, Gonna make my noise all day!