I usually don't know the author. I just met Judith St. George. Generally, a writer and illustrator are kept wide apart because there could be a clash of egos. Even when I work with Sarah, we work with an editor. I have to be very disciplined, probably more disciplined than others.
People envy artists and think our lives are easy.
People want to know where I get my ideas. There is no answer for that. I want people to think a little beyond the subject, so I think my pictures try to extend the text. In the book The Journey, there is a contrast between two kinds of lives, one in a city and one in the country. I tried to visually give the city a sense of sound and make the country scenes express quiet.