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I grew up playing in the woods.

Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

The first story I finished was when I was six years old.

From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.

As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.

Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

I wrote my first story when I was six or seven.

I love storytelling so for me to get behind a story and get in there early in its infancy and kind of develop it in the early stages was something I really wanted to be a part of.

I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are.

I read a lot growing up. It was kind of my comfort, you know; I loved it. I love story. I love narrative. I was academic. I wasn't particularly athletic. I didn't make the drill team. I didn't go out for sports.