Author: Tony DiTerlizzi

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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

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

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

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

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

If I rewind back to that period, I was 8 in 1977 when 'Star Wars' was in theaters. I saved up money, or my parents got me the 'Art of Star Wars' book.

If I rewind back to that period, I was 8 in 1977 when 'Star Wars' was in theaters. I saved up money, or my parents got me the 'Art of Star Wars' book.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

I'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance.

I'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance.

- Tony DiTerlizzi

I obsess over things... especially my book projects. It can be very time consuming.

I obsess over things... especially my book projects. It can be very time consuming.

- 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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