Ideas Quote by Mo Willems

Kids are super-independent. This is the time when you don't need your parents for a story anymore. You have a great degree of agency…

— Mo Willems

I think Laurie's Keller story 'We are growing', resonates because when you have that amount of independence, you're starting to ask yourself questions that…

— Mo Willems

I've been lucky enough to have made enough of these types of children's books that while I don't necessarily know what works, I know…

— Mo Willems

“People think, Hey, I love kids, I want to write children’s books. But they think children are happy. That’s their first mistake. [Messinger, Jonathan.…

— Mo Willems

A picture book is a motorcycle: small, loud, fun, and zippy. An easy reader is a chartered bus: obliged to carry a rather dull…

— Mo Willems

The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.

— Mo Willems

Elephant and Piggie have a very large input. They have a distinct aesthetic taste. They like books that are philosophical. They like books that…

— Mo Willems

An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience.

— Mo Willems

The first bowl of chocolate pudding was too hot, but Goldilocks ate it all anyway because, hey, it's chocolate pudding, right?

— Mo Willems

I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-

— Mo Willems

The common thread of the series is that these are the books that Elephant and Piggie like to read. Elephant and Piggie are retired,…

— Mo Willems

When you make a decision, you don't have to be locked into it. One of the ways that you grow is by starting over.

— Mo Willems