Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret
I notice inspiration when it comes by. I don't sit down at my desk and try to write.
There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.
Believe what you like, but don't believe everything you read without questioning it.
My 20s were peaceful, privileged, but still I felt the desire to write angsty dramas.
I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child.
My objective in teaching my pupils is that they should be fitted for any kind of art.
Drawing must seek for interest, not for admiration. Because admiration wears quickly.
I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?
Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.
Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.
I will always be an artist first. I see my writing as an extension of my illustrating.
I am of use to the younger artists through the advice and criticism which I give them.
What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.
It's important to make a distinction between becoming more precise and becoming better.
Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art.
I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.
I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.
I've been punched by a vampire, an Indian girl, and a panda... I should be a video game.
Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe.
My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.
The United States was a big country where everybody wore funny t-shirts and ate too much.
I'm an unabashed fan of 'The New Yorker.' I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there.
I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing.
I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. We are nothing, but dust and to dust we shall return. Amen.
It took me fifty years to deal with the Holocaust at all. And I did it in a literary way.
Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest.
I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.
How long a book tends to illustrate depends on the book. The Awful Aunty took me 10 days.
Maybe you're not even in a position to really judge how good your kid is at that endeavor.
There's never been a moment where I sat down at my drawing board and thought, 'I'm a pro!'
As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies.
A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.
Bumble-Ardy is a very wicked little child as far as I'm concerned. He's not to be trusted.
If I'm not working on something, I'm eager to work on something because it's so gratifying.
I pray, but who I pray to I'm not exactly sure, especially when I'm praying for more money.
How long a book tends to illustrate depends on the book. 'The Awful Aunty' took me 10 days.
I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling.
To me, intolerance leads down a dreadful path that the world sometimes seems to be going to.
I've been taking art lessons since I was little, and I've always drawn. I think in pictures.
I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less.
All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.
I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.
I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...)
People like me, who care about printing, constitute the tiniest lunatic fringe in the nation.
I said, 'Well, how much space do I have?' And they said, 'Well, you know, it's the Internet.'
Have you ever studied a snake's face? - how optimistic they look. They have an eternal smile.
I've always published a range of responses to my work in the letters section of my comic book.
Once you step onto the fairy path, it's almost like there's no way off. You have to keep going.