I had been writing for newspapers and magazines freelance, and it did not work with kids.

We came out a little slow and lazy tonight in the first half. The kids read the newspapers. They know it's a game they're supposed to win and that's how we played. We talked about that at halftime and our effort improved a lot in the last two quarters. The kids played well in the second half.

Never believe in mirrors or newspapers

I needed to make characters not so superficial. Stuff happens to [people] and I can put that in a book.

The newspapers said we're in an 'information age' but the kids have never seen a computer.

Cartoonists gave away their work, and syndicates and newspapers with archives didn't know what to do with them, so they just backed up their trucks and gave us 10,000 at a time.