I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office.

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Their toys are alive and can sometimes come to their aid, or get lost and...

Their toys are alive and can sometimes come to their aid, or get lost and...

If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.

If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.

I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't...

I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't...

And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me...

And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me...

Almost everything in 'A Day With Wilbur Robinson' has some basis in truth. And yes,...

Almost everything in 'A Day With Wilbur Robinson' has some basis in truth. And yes,...

So if you're a robot and you're living on this planet, you can do things...

So if you're a robot and you're living on this planet, you can do things...

I raised frogs every spring in our house from tadpoles and by end of summer...

I raised frogs every spring in our house from tadpoles and by end of summer...

And they're also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy...

And they're also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy...

You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that...

You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that...

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's...

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's...

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and...

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and...

The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.

The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.

I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for...

I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for...

I like stirring things up. I'm on the side of the kids more than I...

I like stirring things up. I'm on the side of the kids more than I...

I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed...

I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed...