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Whether it's music, loss of something, loneliness or friendship - if that emotion is heightened in some way and painted to fit in between the covers of 32 pages, that can become a picture book.

My most successful books, the ones that I feel the strongest about, are the ones that started with a premise that for me was deeply emotional.

The images from the book you make in your head are always going to be the best images.

Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.

I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life.

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

Perusing colorful storylines on the backs of book jackets, I realized that none of them could possibly be as dramatic as my life to date. Then sadly, I also realized I could never find the ending of my story from the safety of an armchair.

Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do.

I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.