Author: Tony DiTerlizzi

Quotes

I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new.

I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

I must confess that although I am quite passionate about the books I create for children, I am not the best oral storyteller. In fact, I stink at it.

I must confess that although I am quite passionate about the books I create for children, I am not the best oral storyteller. In fact, I stink at it.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

The exciting thing about doing art for someone else's story is how I can translate their world through pictures, and that's always a pretty big challenge.

The exciting thing about doing art for someone else's story is how I can translate their world through pictures, and that's always a pretty big challenge.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

I get ideas from everywhere: movies, books, movies, nature - it comes into my brain, it sits there for a while, and it starts coming back out.

I get ideas from everywhere: movies, books, movies, nature - it comes into my brain, it sits there for a while, and it starts coming back out.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

I can't remember a time when I wasn't inspired by 'Star Wars.'

I can't remember a time when I wasn't inspired by 'Star Wars.'

- Tony DiTerlizzi

If you want the beautiful moments to shine, you have to contrast that with dark and gruesome moments. That's the way life is.

If you want the beautiful moments to shine, you have to contrast that with dark and gruesome moments. That's the way life is.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations.

I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

When I see how fast technology is advancing, my mind thinks of evolution and how organisms also have to evolve or adapt in order to, in their case, survive.

When I see how fast technology is advancing, my mind thinks of evolution and how organisms also have to evolve or adapt in order to, in their case, survive.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

I don't look at stories in genres. A good story is a good story, no matter what planet it happens on, whether the characters are mice or human or whatever. That's how I look at it.

I don't look at stories in genres. A good story is a good story, no matter what planet it happens on, whether the characters are mice or human or whatever. That's how I look at it.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

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