"The books take a year just to do the drawing. I will travel to a country to do the research and get ideas. Sometimes I don't travel to do research, but mostly I do. It takes a long time, but do I ever get tired of it? Not really. The characters kind of grow and evolve."

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Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

Jan Brett

#Country Quotes #Book Quotes #Tired Quotes

“All men who have ideals . . . live by some kind of faith, by committing themselves to some kind of loyalty which is not universally recognized as the common property of all thinking men. They must have something-something outside themselves, to make them feel life is worth living, that good rather than evil is the explanation of the world.”

Source : Ronald Knox (2010). “In Soft Garments: Classic Catholic Apologetics”, p.105, Ignatius Press
“Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.”
“What's the impulse behind art? It's saying in whatever language is the language of your work, â€œIf I could move you as much as it moved me â€¦ if I can move anyone a tenth as much as that moved me, if I can spark the same sense of mystery and awe and surprise as that sparked in me, well that's why I do what I do.â€”
“I think the play on words for 'Punky' Brewster has definitely played itself out.”

Source : "Jordana Brewster Talks Swimsuits, Reveals Leatherface's Human Side". Interview with Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. September 29, 2006.
“I like Americans. They always make an effort when they meet you. They want to be liked and to like you; it is always easy to be with them.”
“We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.”
“For me, when we came out with a TV show, my HBO show, so much of the feedback was, "How do I do it?" And my response was always the same: "Just make something." Stop talking about it. You do in a way that the work takes on a life of its own. Like the "Signature" series [(2008), in which the artist trekked across the United States in the shape of his own signature] was a simple concept that became this story about the people you met along the way.”

Source : "Marc Horowitz". Interview with Casey Neistat, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 3, 2010.
“One moment your life is a stone in you, and the next moment a star!”

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