I think Tony Fucile, who did the illustrations [for Bink & Gollie], is an absolute genius. I've never met him.
What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and laugh, just as we did when we wrote them.
So, yes, at least from my end. You could say there's a lot of Alison [McGhee] in Gollie too.
I'm in trouble if they can't, because everyone's taller than me, and if that's true, that means I can't have any friends! Alison [McGhee] and I look very much like, I was going to say Bink and Gollie, but I meant Mutt and Jeff. We look ridiculous when we walk down the street together, because she's so tall and I'm so short. But yes, tall people and short people can, and should be, friends. I, personally, like being short. I think it makes things easier.
We pulled them [ Bink & Gollie] out of our feeble little brains.