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I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both.

Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.

People look at me and look, but I do not care.

People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff I do, and people read it over your shoulder, it makes you a little self-conscious.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem.

I care about looking into someone's eyes and finding out who they are.

I want people to see what's inside my head rather than just looking at me.

People will read into what you say no matter what, so it doesn't matter to me.

Some people say that you should read people who think completely differently from you so that everything you read and everything that they say is a challenge to you but there's something to be said for reading people where you think, 'Yes, that's how I would have said it if I could have found the words for it'.