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I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.

I must confess that although I am quite passionate about the books I create for children, I am not the best oral storyteller. In fact, I stink at it.

I love books about dysfunctional families.

It's hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children's book I am mistaken for a parenting expert.

Many of the books I loved as a kid, that even my mother read as a child, are very slow going. Today's children are not as patient. The best example of this is 'The Secret Garden,' which I adored as a child.

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

I am always trying to evolve, so I like to read parenting books and things like that.

When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!

You love each book. They're your children.