"I had to keep the text pretty spare compared to what I would typically do in a picture book. My picture books have a lot of little jokes and asides that aren't necessarily part of the main story."

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Source : Source: www.hbook.com

Laurie Keller

#Book Quotes #Jokes Quotes

“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.”
“I'd rather marry my husband in the stage where I know what I'm getting into and what it's going to be like for our life together.”
“It's really a situation [ Donald Trump's children are involved now in choosing the next government] that no other president had in years and years. He clearly is not going to follow the idea that - generally there is no rule that requires this but there generally is a situation which people are required to put their interests to the side so they don't have a conflict.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“My body is my art, and it's also the tool that I use to make money.”

Source : Interview with Vicki Hogarth, www.askmen.com.
“Walking aft a few feet we stand at the steering gear of the ship. There is no cozy; wheel-house on the bridge for the quartermaster of a sailing ship! He must stand at the very stern, with an unobstructed view of the sails. When sailing "by the wind" his eye is glued to the weather-side of the uppermost sail; he keeps it drawing a trace of wind, but never lets it fill.”
“If you give people an idea these days, they just think you are sharing it with them so they can critique it, play devil's advocate, and so on. It doesn't occur to them that they might help or get enthused or at least have the courtesy to get out of your way.”
“I was a very unpleasant young man. If I met the young Ingmar today I'd say, 'You're very talented and I'll try to help you, but I don't want anything else to do with you.”
“I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.”

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