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Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

If I could never work again and I could just listen to music and walk, I'd be very, very happy.

Sometimes I write captions on the in-flight magazines and then replace them in the seat pocket.

Drawing a good picture is like telling a really good lie - the key is in the incidental detail.

I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art.

I used to live in Chris Rock's former apartment. I've got some junk mail for him if he wants it.

I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'

I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else.

The drawing is already partly there - it's in the paper. And the paper is talking before you do.

He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.

I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

I don't relax. My main relaxation is meeting illustrators and publishers in restaurants and bars.

The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me

Blue is the only color that maintains its own character in all its tones…it will always stay blue.

Do not think that I have stopped painting, for at any moment, I am liable to paint a good picture.

The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.

How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it

Fortunately, I've never had to be too critical of my own work, because the world is critical enough.

Any teacher in the arts and sciences has to maintain a sense of childlikeness to be truly inventive.

For some time now, I have been encouraging people to ask themselves why things look the way they do.

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly.

If you don't know where you're going, stop racing to get there. -- from Just Desert by M. T. Anderson

As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

I initially moved to Switzerland for work on an animated feature film, and have been here ever since.

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.

Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.

I don't think ordinary things are very interesting, so I try to imagine a world that is less ordinary.

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.

I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.

And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.

Fairies are becoming much more popular. I see fairyland as this big sea, and the tide is sometimes out.

I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.

I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.

I always begin my stories as experiments - on large yellow tablets - a mixture of writing and sketching.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

Of course, I did lots of what would be called graphic design now, what used to be called commercial art.

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books.

I'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.

I had been reading a fabulous book [The Man Verdi, by Frank Walker] about [Giuseppe] Verdi, whom I adore.

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.

One of the troubles with signings is that you are surrounded by children, and some of them have got colds.

I always felt that I had anxiety of survival in terms of livelihood even when I was making plenty of money.

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

And it's one of the sexiest things you will ever read of how slow you should take the peach. Don't rush it.

I knew then that I wanted to go home, but I had no home to go to-and that is what adventures are all about.

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