Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate'... →
Anthony Browne
Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the... →
One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If I don't write... →
I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no... →
Dick Bruna
Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time.
Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of... →
Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing... →
I got my iPad, and I'm trying to buy books on that, but I kind of like a book. At the end of my life, when I'm old, I want to have all these... →
Luke Bryan
I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit next to someone at a dinner party I can... →
Bill Bryson
I want things to be better all the time. And I tend to get angry about that. Books are an opportunity to vent.