I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own... →
Chris Van Allsburg
A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story.
I sculpted for four or five years. Mostly for my own amusement, I decided to do a picture book, and that was kind of a turning point.
I'm always a bit disappointed when I've finished working on a book.
Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's position.
I try to satisfy the desires that people have to have their books personalized. That's a value, or feature, of bibliophilia that may vanish. How... →
It was the case for a number of years that I was doing a book a year, but that was back when I was part-time teaching - and since 1991, I've been... →
The general effect of viewing 'Jumanji' is thrilling. I was able to see on film a thing that at one point had only existed in my imagination.... →
When somebody says, 'This must be a children's book,' basically they're saying, 'You must be a child.' And so my answer is... →
About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and... →
Sidney Altman