Author: Anthony Browne

Quotes

A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.

A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.

- Anthony Browne

As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.

As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.

- Anthony Browne

M dad was a boxer, so he had this fierce, physical presence.

M dad was a boxer, so he had this fierce, physical presence.

- Anthony Browne

Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous.

Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous.

- Anthony Browne

Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life.

Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life.

- Anthony Browne

Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.

Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.

- Anthony Browne

I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in line and wash.

I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in line and wash.

- Anthony Browne

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.

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.

- Anthony Browne

I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at the child I was.

I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at the child I was.

- Anthony Browne

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