“I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.”
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I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house they want places to play.
I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.
When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.
I mean, it's fine when you're a kid and someone runs into the playground and goes, 'I've got this great game of pretend, ' and you play... As an actor, getting to play, getting to use your imagination and be childish - it is weird but it's wonderful.
