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Picture Book Quotes

Reader look, not on his picture but his book Picture Quote #1

For children: I’m writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups: I’m writing poems Picture Quote #1

When I was young, my favorite picture book was ‘Fletcher and Zenobia,’ written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It’s long out of print now, but its mix of macabre humor and 1960s psychedelia made it a perfect children’s book for the times Picture Quote #1

When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don’t count-I mean something with print in it Picture Quote #1

I think of writing--particularly of writing picture books--as a kind of choreography. A picture book must have pace and movement and pattern. Pictures and text should, together, create the pattern, rather than simply run parallel Picture Quote #1

Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I’m trying to be more relaxed. You’ll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house Picture Quote #1

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When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in ‘Horse, Flower, Bird’ I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book Picture Quote #1

Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to ‘Gorilla.’ It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do Picture Quote #1

There’s this long tradition of... even ‘Where The Wild Things Are,’ which many people consider the best kids’ picture book of all time. It was considered revolutionary, and some libraries wouldn’t carry it. But it’s a classic because it taps into empowerment for kids, kids facing dangers and winning Picture Quote #1

I’m usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult book. When I get bored with one, I move to the other, and then I go back Picture Quote #1

A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling Picture Quote #1

Every word, every character in a picture book must count Picture Quote #1

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Man’s actions are the picture book of his creeds Picture Quote #1

I’ll be left writing picture books and fairy tales Picture Quote #1

A man’s action is only a picture book of his creed Picture Quote #1

I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format Picture Quote #1

They judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read Picture Quote #1

Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture and a mirror for us Picture Quote #1

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As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book Picture Quote #1

A good picture book can almost be whistled... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling Picture Quote #1

Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older Picture Quote #1

You need a theme in a picture book just as much or maybe even more than you need it in a novel Picture Quote #1

Picture books are an emotional medium. They need to make us feel something Picture Quote #1

All really good picture books are written to be read five hundred times Picture Quote #1

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I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children’s books are the ones who create their own picture books. I wish I could say I’m one of them, but I’m not Picture Quote #1

It struck me that when we read picture books to children, we parents, and people as a whole, do not appear in them very much, and that they are more constructed to be a world of children and animals Picture Quote #1

I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing Picture Quote #1

I read The Stinky Cheese Man as an adult. I missed that book when I was a kid. I grew up mostly with books bought at yard sales, picture books from the fifties to 1975, which is really a lucky thing Picture Quote #1

I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children’s book was something that I’d been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career Picture Quote #1

And that’s why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat Picture Quote #1

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Reader look, not on his picture but his book (Picture Book Quotes) For children: I’m writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups: I’m writing poems. (Picture Book Quotes) When I was young, my favorite picture book was ‘Fletcher and Zenobia,’ written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It’s long out of print now, but its mix of macabre humor and 1960s psychedelia made it a perfect children’s book for the times (Picture Book Quotes) When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don’t count-I mean something with print in it (Picture Book Quotes) I think of writing--particularly of writing picture books--as a kind of choreography. A picture book must have pace and movement and pattern. Pictures and text should, together, create the pattern, rather than simply run parallel (Picture Book Quotes) Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I’m trying to be more relaxed. You’ll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house (Picture Book Quotes) When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in ‘Horse, Flower, Bird’ I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book. (Picture Book Quotes) Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to ‘Gorilla.’ It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do. (Picture Book Quotes) There’s this long tradition of... even ‘Where The Wild Things Are,’ which many people consider the best kids’ picture book of all time. It was considered revolutionary, and some libraries wouldn’t carry it. But it’s a classic because it taps into empowerment for kids, kids facing dangers and winning. (Picture Book Quotes) I’m usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult book. When I get bored with one, I move to the other, and then I go back. (Picture Book Quotes) A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling. (Picture Book Quotes) Every word, every character in a picture book must count (Picture Book Quotes) Man’s actions are the picture book of his creeds (Picture Book Quotes) I’ll be left writing picture books and fairy tales (Picture Book Quotes) A man’s action is only a picture book of his creed (Picture Book Quotes) I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format (Picture Book Quotes) They judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read (Picture Book Quotes) Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture and a mirror for us (Picture Book Quotes) As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book (Picture Book Quotes) A good picture book can almost be whistled... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling (Picture Book Quotes) Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older (Picture Book Quotes) You need a theme in a picture book just as much or maybe even more than you need it in a novel (Picture Book Quotes) Picture books are an emotional medium. They need to make us feel something (Picture Book Quotes) All really good picture books are written to be read five hundred times (Picture Book Quotes) I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children’s books are the ones who create their own picture books. I wish I could say I’m one of them, but I’m not (Picture Book Quotes) It struck me that when we read picture books to children, we parents, and people as a whole, do not appear in them very much, and that they are more constructed to be a world of children and animals (Picture Book Quotes) I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing (Picture Book Quotes) I read The Stinky Cheese Man as an adult. I missed that book when I was a kid. I grew up mostly with books bought at yard sales, picture books from the fifties to 1975, which is really a lucky thing (Picture Book Quotes) I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children’s book was something that I’d been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career (Picture Book Quotes) And that’s why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat (Picture Book Quotes)

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