Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.

The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.

I don't have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.