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Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, and books and music Picture Quote #1

I didn’t write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which were rejected by every children’s book publisher in America. The first book of mine to be accepted for publication was ELLA ENCHANTED, and not one but two publishers wanted it. That day, April 17, 1996, was one of the happiest in my life Picture Quote #1

The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book 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

[My mom] is quite the strict editor. I feel like maybe she has more of the old-school editing style, which really works in picture books, because you don’t want to articulate anything in words that is already shown through the pictures 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

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Carrying a small notebook with you always, in your pocket or purse, along with a reliable ballpoint pen will enable you to jot down spot observations and quick character sketches before the first sharp impressions fade away. You’ll need all kinds of story actors, because even picture books can include a wide range of ages, relationships, occupations, and nationalities. Learn to observe and analyze swiftly, wherever you are Picture Quote #1

Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at ‘proper’ books, which means books without pictures Picture Quote #1

One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children’s Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If I don’t write and illustrate for some time, then I begin to question who I am Picture Quote #1

The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life Picture Quote #1

You’ll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels, picture books, love stories and stories of crisis and courage Picture Quote #1

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

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

I write books, I write for comic books, I give lectures... I live. And when the opportunity comes to do a picture, I do a picture Picture Quote #1

I picture several reviewers of my own books as passing a long future lodged between Brutus and Judas in the jaws of Satan Picture Quote #1

... what a fatal thing in pictures, books, or human lives, is a lack of proportion Picture Quote #1

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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? Picture Quote #1

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

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own 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 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

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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I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished... do I begin the pictures 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

I like the idea of being involved in pictures that can entertain the entire family and can stimulate youngsters into looking at picture books. There’s nothing wrong with that Picture Quote #1

Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don’t have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression Picture Quote #1

I can’t think of a story that doesn’t have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it’s dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark Picture Quote #1

I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader’s imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book Picture Quote #1

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Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, and books and music (Picture Books Quotes) I didn’t write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which were rejected by every children’s book publisher in America. The first book of mine to be accepted for publication was ELLA ENCHANTED, and not one but two publishers wanted it. That day, April 17, 1996, was one of the happiest in my life (Picture Books Quotes) The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book (Picture Books 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 Books Quotes) [My mom] is quite the strict editor. I feel like maybe she has more of the old-school editing style, which really works in picture books, because you don’t want to articulate anything in words that is already shown through the pictures (Picture Books 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 Books Quotes) Carrying a small notebook with you always, in your pocket or purse, along with a reliable ballpoint pen will enable you to jot down spot observations and quick character sketches before the first sharp impressions fade away. You’ll need all kinds of story actors, because even picture books can include a wide range of ages, relationships, occupations, and nationalities. Learn to observe and analyze swiftly, wherever you are (Picture Books Quotes) Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at ‘proper’ books, which means books without pictures (Picture Books Quotes) One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children’s Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If I don’t write and illustrate for some time, then I begin to question who I am (Picture Books Quotes) The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life. (Picture Books Quotes) You’ll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels, picture books, love stories and stories of crisis and courage. (Picture Books Quotes) I’ll be left writing picture books and fairy tales (Picture Books Quotes) Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older (Picture Books Quotes) Picture books are an emotional medium. They need to make us feel something (Picture Books Quotes) All really good picture books are written to be read five hundred times (Picture Books Quotes) I write books, I write for comic books, I give lectures... I live. And when the opportunity comes to do a picture, I do a picture (Picture Books Quotes) I picture several reviewers of my own books as passing a long future lodged between Brutus and Judas in the jaws of Satan (Picture Books Quotes) ... what a fatal thing in pictures, books, or human lives, is a lack of proportion (Picture Books Quotes) The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? (Picture Books 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 Books Quotes) With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own (Picture Books 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 Books 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 Books 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 Books Quotes) I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished... do I begin the pictures (Picture Books 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 Books Quotes) I like the idea of being involved in pictures that can entertain the entire family and can stimulate youngsters into looking at picture books. There’s nothing wrong with that (Picture Books Quotes) Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don’t have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression (Picture Books Quotes) I can’t think of a story that doesn’t have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it’s dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark (Picture Books Quotes) I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader’s imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book (Picture Books Quotes)

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