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

Tony DiTerlizzi

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" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" The most challenging and exciting aspect is the outline and formation of the plot points. This is the stage where the notion of the story begins to take shape, and I can see glimpses of what is to come. "

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

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

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

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" With the success of 'Spiderwick,' it's allowed me to be able to have the freedom to really be able to tell the stories that I really wanted to tell, that I've always wanted to tell. "

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" There are many challenges I face while working on a book. Working within deadlines and schedules is certainly one of the bigger ones for me. I want to create the best possible book I can for my readers with words and pictures - and that takes time to get it just right. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that. "

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" Usually, an author writes a manuscript that is handed in to the editor. The editor will then work with an art director to find just the right illustrator for the job, and off they go. Many times, the illustrator and author never meet. "

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" 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. "

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" When you're in elementary school, you get these amazing assignments, like to come up with your own animal, come up with your own city, come up with your own planet, what do the people look like; you're very much encouraged to be as imaginative as possible. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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" When you hear the words 'magic' and 'story', they will probably evoke thoughts of your favourite fairy tales from childhood. Storybook pages abound with all manner of magic: fantastical fairies, wish-granting genies, or even a certain boy wizard. "

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