:06:28
So you began your career writing novels?
:06:30
Yes, but they were terrible novels. Uh,
unfortunately l had to write three of them...
:06:36
before l realized
l am not a writer of adult fiction.
:06:40
l am simply a entertainer of children,
and l like to draw.
:06:44
Edward, don't be nervous
because he's famous.
:06:47
He's an Exonion.
:06:50
His sons were charming boys...
:06:52
but... mediocre students.
:06:56
Why do cautionary tales for children come so
naturally to you? They were both in my class.
:06:59
Well, l think l can imagine
their fears and express them.
:07:02
Um, in my stories,
Anyway,
:07:05
uh, you can see what's coming, but you don't see
everything that's coming. just pick up what you can.
:07:09
Note his work habits.
:07:12
See if there's a method
to his madness.
:07:14
And... above all...
:07:17
throw yourself in headlong and just
do whatever it is he wants you to do.
:07:22
ln my opinion, there is no better opening to any story
than the opening of The Mouse Crawling Between the Walls.
:07:25
l mean, the first lines--
''Tom woke up, but Tim did not.''
:07:30
Daddy, l had a dream.
:07:33
l heard a sound.
:07:36
Uh, what sort of sound, Ruth?
:07:38
lt's in the house,
but it's trying to be quiet.
:07:51
Well, let's go look for it then.
:07:54
lt's a sound that's trying to be quiet?
What did it sound like?
:07:58
lt was a sound like someone
trying not to make a sound.