I always loved to draw, and I originally thought I would illustrate my books. And people who knew me as a child were surprised that I was writing and not illustrating my books. But it actually worked out very well for me, because a good illustrator has a style, and a certain style is only suitable for a certain kind of book. And I’ve never been forced to write the same kind of book again and again, because I’m not illustrating it. So, I do fiction, nonfiction, young, old; and an illustrator generally doesn’t have that kind of range, because he’s focused only on the kinds of books he, himself, can illustrate. So, it actually worked out well for me. But I still like to draw.
