They couldn't pay me enough money not to care what happens to Lyle. Nonagenarian author and illustrator William Steig's Shrek, purchased by DreamWorks when he was only in his mid-80s, will premiere in spring 2001, starring Cameron Diaz, Michael Murphy, and Eddie Murphy. Shrek's executive producer, Penny Finkleman Cox, whose first move when she came to DreamWorks Animation was to make a beeline down to Every Picture Tells A Story to see what the munchkins were feeding on, offers up new technology as a strong rationale for the lively pursuit of the kids' books. With the ability to make characters that are more dynamic, realistic when we want them, designed when we want them, you're going to have a greater ability to adapt this literature. I Was a Sixth-Grade Alien.
Nobody makes a lot of money writing children's books.
Excepting Harry Potter, making money is not the reality. Only a small number of us are privileged to make our living doing this. The only reason to go into writing children's books is because you love it passionately and it's what you want to do. I wonder if PAX is accepting pitches.