Canadians Are Americans With No Disneyland.

In A Way, The Characters Often Do Take Over.

I Had To Wait For A Long Time Before I Could Support Myself With Writing. However, Being A Writer Is What I Have Most Wanted To Be, From The Time I Was A Child.

If A Job's Worth Doing, It's Worth Doing Twice.

There Are Certainly Times When My Own Everyday Life Seems To Retreat So The Life Of The Story Can Take Me Over. That Is Why A Writer Often Needs Space And Time, So That He Or She Can Abandon Ordinary Life And "live" With The Characters.

Writing For Young Children I Find I Often Use Particular Jokes With Words And Exaggerated, Funny Events, But Some Of These Haunt The More Complex Stories For Older Children Too.