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" I was a tremendous fan of the original Kenneth Grahame short story, 'The Reluctant Dragon.' "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Dragon
Fan
Original
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" If you like my renditions of faerie-folk, then you will most certainly like Brian Froud's work. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Most
Will
Work
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Life
Friend
Family
" I think about what 10-year-old Tony would want that 40-year-old Tony can make. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
I Think
About
Make
" I obsess over things... especially my book projects. It can be very time consuming. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Very
Over
Book
" 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 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Earth
Fantasy
Influence
" 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
" 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
" 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 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
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Always
Tell
Success
" I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Love
Books
Big
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Drawing
Book
Teacher
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Magic
Thoughts
Story
" Illustrations can be a big window: a looking glass into the author's imagination. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Window
Big
Glass
" I can't remember a time when I wasn't inspired by 'Star Wars.' "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Wars
Star
Time
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Feel
Stories
Proud
" 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
Love
Talk
Food
" 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
" Balancing an illustrator and author can be tricky, but I was an illustrator mostly before I wrote my books. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Wrote
Books
Balancing
" 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'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Seeing
You
Understanding
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
My Own
Imagination
Doing
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Job
Art
Find
" 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
" 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. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Lucky
Parents
Kid
" I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations. "
Tony DiTerlizzi
Think
Imagination
Inspire