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" I can't remember a time when I wasn't inspired by 'Star Wars.' "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Wars
Star
Time
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" 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. "
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Friend
Family
" 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 was a tremendous fan of the original Kenneth Grahame short story, 'The Reluctant Dragon.' "
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" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
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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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Magic
Thoughts
Story
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Animal
People
School
" I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations. "
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Think
Imagination
Inspire
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Character
Want
Trying
" 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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Seeing
You
Understanding
" If you like my renditions of faerie-folk, then you will most certainly like Brian Froud's work. "
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Most
Will
Work
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Working
Writing
Want
" Illustrations can be a big window: a looking glass into the author's imagination. "
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Window
Big
Glass
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Stage
Begins
I Can
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Water
You
Personality
" I love stories. I loved stories when I was a kid. My mom read stories to me all the time. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Loved
Time
Mom
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Sometimes
Foundation
Children
" 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
Technology
Mind
Fast
" My outlines can be 10-20 pages in length and focus primarily on the physical active plot over the emotional plot. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Over
Active
Emotional
" 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
Art
Story
World
" 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
Brain
Out
Nature
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Me
Time
Words
" I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Books
Love
Ideas
" 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
Back
Art
Parents
" 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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Look
Matter
Human
" I think about what 10-year-old Tony would want that 40-year-old Tony can make. "
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I Think
About
Make
" Balancing an illustrator and author can be tricky, but I was an illustrator mostly before I wrote my books. "
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Wrote
Books
Balancing
" I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Love
Books
Big
" If you want the beautiful moments to shine, you have to contrast that with dark and gruesome moments. That's the way life is. "
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Shine
Dark
Life
" 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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Hold
Little
Nowhere
" 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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