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I was a very confident little kid.

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

Little boys are a ton of fun.

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

I was the youngest of about nine boys in the neighborhood, and we played ball all the time, and I looked up to them, and they let me play around with them, and we just had a good time.

Little boys have amazing minds.

Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.

I was raised in a mostly white neighborhood. I was this little white girl jamming out to Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby Brown.

I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.

The kids are so much fun. I'm always taking a look over at what they're doing because it reminds me of when I was so small before.