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" Balancing an illustrator and author can be tricky, but I was an illustrator mostly before I wrote my books. "

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

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

" 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 feel very proud in what we've created in the 'Spiderwick' stories. And, frankly, I am glad we are ending the series on a high-note. "

" 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 you like my renditions of faerie-folk, then you will most certainly like Brian Froud's work. "

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

" 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. "

" Illustrations can be a big window: a looking glass into the author's imagination. "

" I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read. "

" I loved stories as a kid, both being read to me and enjoying on my own. All these stories inspired my imagination, and that's what I have always aimed at doing for my readers: ignite their imaginations. "

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

" I love stories. I loved stories when I was a kid. My mom read stories to me all the time. "

" 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. "

" In 2008, my one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Sophia, suffered a grand mal seizure. It came from nowhere, for no apparent reason, and took hold of my little fairy-girl. "

" I never want to dumb it down. If there's any simplification, it's just a simplification to make sure that the reader understands the point that the character is trying to make. "

" In some ways, you kind of take a personality and drop it on the ground, and it breaks into a bunch of little pieces, and you kind of water those pieces, and it grows into characters. So they're all me in a way. "

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

" I read a lot of fantasy and grew up on 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek.' I loved going to Middle Earth. 'Dungeons & Dragons' was a huge influence. "

" I think about what 10-year-old Tony would want that 40-year-old Tony can make. "

" I think, in real life, when we're facing death - that is, when we come out on the other side of it, whether it's death of a friend or a family member - you come out on the other side of the mourning cherishing your life that much more. "

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

" I've always been a chameleon from book to book, like a director who does different films in the best possible way. "

" I want my stories to be understood and enjoyed by anyone, so I need 'beta-readers' who will tell me when the plot is working or not working, and when my writing is concise or vague. "

" I was a tremendous fan of the original Kenneth Grahame short story, 'The Reluctant Dragon.' "

" I would love having Winnie-the-Pooh stay here at the house. We could talk of food and what we were eating next. Maybe ponder that over a little morsel... and then take a little nap and dream of desserts. "

" My fifth grade teacher Mr. Straussberger noticed I was having trouble with some of my book reports, but he knew I loved to draw. He gave me extra credit if I did a drawing from the book that I was reading. "

" My outlines can be 10-20 pages in length and focus primarily on the physical active plot over the emotional plot. "

" Now, as Global Ambassador for Starlight Children's Foundation, which brightens the lives of poorly children, I visit hospitals and tell stories to the young patients. Sometimes I read. Sometimes I draw. "

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