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" That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father? "

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" I was miserable as a kid. "

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" I feel like I don't have a lot of time left. "

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" I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children. "

" I feel extremely vulnerable. "

" Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. "

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" I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive? "

" My work is not great, but it's respectable. "

" Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them. "

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" I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. "

" My father belonged to a Jewish social club. "

" Kids lead a very private life. "

" The world is twice as crazy as it's ever been. "

" I'm totally crazy, I know that. "

" I'm an illustrator. I have to accept my role. "

" I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again. "

" I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist. "

" Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment. "

" I don't need faith. "

" We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do. "

" I'm not afraid of death. "

" I hate people. "

" I'm not Hans Christian Anderson. Nobody's gonna make a statue in the park with a lot of scrambling kids climbing up me. I won't have it, okay? "

" My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. "