The world is dark, and light is precious.
Come closer, dear reader.
You must trust me.
I am telling you a story.

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.

Nothing
would be
easier without
you,
because you
are
everything,
all of it-
sprinkles, quarks, giant
donuts, eggs sunny-side up-
you
are the ever-expanding
universe
to me.

He knew how to construct a song out of the nothing of day-to-day life and how to sing that nothing into a song so beautiful that it could sustain the vision of a whole and better world.

Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart...