"When I was little I used to wish I could talk to the illustrators because I wanted to discuss something about the books. With so many of the other art forms that children experience, such as movies and television, they don't get to control the pace."

-- Jan Brett

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“When I run in the morning, my body spends the first 20 minutes trying to figure out what's happening to it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Losing a game is not a big deal, except you've got to make sure that you move on and get the next one.”
“I was living in a house with 11 dogs and all I thought about was dogs. I never had sex with any of them though.”

Source : Source: www.bookbrowse.com
“Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him.”
“Christianity, Christ, heaven, hell, the judgment, sin, holiness, God,--these, and whether they be true, or false, and our personal relations to them, whether they be right or wrong, are things to know about, not to be doubting or guessing about.”

Source : Herrick Johnson (1881). “Christianity's Challenge: And Some Phases of Christianity Submitted for Candid Consideration”
“I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.”

Source : "Stefon Harris thinks creativity is overrated". Interview with Matthew Borlik and Michael J. West, www.avclub.com. November 12, 2009.
“The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this being unable, which becomes for the present -henceforth?- the subject to which you are condemned.”
“To lie to yourself, and thereby to everyone else.”

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