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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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" 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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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 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 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "