I've always been a happy-go-lucky person. I haven't got any dark tales, I didn't draw on my own past, I'm from a very normal stable background and had an amazing childhood, and I haven't got any complaints really.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think I'm always drawn to a good story.
I have always been a dark writer.
There's nothing particularly dark in my past... I live in the light. My disposition is basically happy. I have a good life.
I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark.
I wasn't really a dark kid, but I was in my head a lot. I got good grades all through my 16 years of Catholic school, but I was always writing these weird - and, I have to say, really bad - stories, filled with murder.
I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor.
The larger-than-life thing is definitely what I'm after. I've always drawn dark stories. Occasionally, I'll try a perfect hero, but it's a real stretch for me. I like 'em warts and all, and obsessive and weird.
I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.
I love love stories, no matter how dark.