Quotes by Kevin Henkes - Page 1

I like small, domestic stories.
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Domestic
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Sometimes all you can do is say, 'Wow.'
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Can Do
Sometimes
Wow
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Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better
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Difficult
Today
Tomorrow Will Be Better
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Now smile a real smile for me so I know you`re not suffering inside.
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Knows
Real
Suffering
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If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it.
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Art
Kids
Book
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Whenever I'm writing a book, small details from my life always creep in.
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Life Always My Life
Creep
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When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind.
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Setting
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Didn't it make sense that after something horrible happens, something better should follow?
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Horrible
Should
Something Better
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Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination.
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Imagination
Drawing
Trying
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When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.
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Clean
Garden
Ideas
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I like examining the ordinary, and by doing so, one hopefully reveals the extraordinary nature within.
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Examining
Extraordinary
Ordinary
Reveals
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I always craft my words to the point where I think and hope they're perfect before I ever begin sketching.
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Perfect
Sketching
Words
Before
Craft
Ever
Point
Where
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When I was young, I assumed that authors must have traveled the world or done exotic things in order to tell great stories.
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Exotic
Traveled
Great Done World
Assumed
Authors
Great Stories
Great World Young
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When I was a boy, one of my uncles had a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin. My family went there for parts of three summers, and I loved it!
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Uncles
Wisconsin
Cabin
Lake
Summers
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You don't need to have kids to write a good book for kids. I don't want my kids to see themselves in my books. Their lives should be their lives.
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Good Book
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(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.
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Morning
Hurt
Sadness
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My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either.
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Creating
Ideas
Writing
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When I'm drawing, I only do that at home, really, at my drawing table. But writing I could do in other places. So I've written in airports, in hotels, different places.
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Drawing
Airport
Different Places
Hotels
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When I'm writing, I'm creating the story and its character with words. I'm thinking about what the pictures will be like, but I never begin to sketch. The pictures are all in my head.
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Sketch
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I usually know where I want to end up when I begin, but I have no idea how I'm going to get there... I don't write with an outline, and surprises happen on the way, and sometimes it changes.
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No Idea
Outline
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I usually do my writing in a very nice room, my studio, which is in the attic of our house in Wisconsin. But the nice thing about writing is that I can do it in many places. So sometimes I'll write in coffee shops.
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Coffee
Shops
Wisconsin
Attic
Coffee Shops
Nice Thing
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I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.
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Ears
Everyday
Everyday Life
Observers
Life Eyes Me
Life Eyes Always
Anything Else
Inspires
More Than Anything
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When I'm writing the text for a book like 'Little White Rabbit,' I read it aloud, alone, in my studio, again and again and again - because the rhythm has to be exactly right. After I get my manuscript to the point where I think it is perfect, I begin to think about what I want the art to look like.
Kevin Henkes / Writer
Rhythm
Aloud
Manuscript
Rabbit
Text
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