I've always loved Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. There's this wonderful chapter in which we get a first-person account of the monster's first impressions of the world, being in the woods and taking things in. We're seeing the world as if for… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
Writing for children is my... that's my medium, you know, and the medium is the picture book, which is a very particular kind of book. I try to give children what I would give anybody, you know. I become interested… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
I like the computer! It's a gadget, and I love gadgets. But it's very complicated and I didn't think I'd have the time to… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
I'm still surprised to be an author. I wonder what I'll write next? — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
Each one seems to be, in some way, essentially different from the others, and each is a surprise to me. I think that making… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show. — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
Well, 9/11 made me think about the towers, and the fact that I lived in New York for a long time, while they were… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning. — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure. — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
I look at the textures, surfaces, colors, and the individual objects in the painting. And then I wonder: what are the relationships among them?… — Mordicai Gerstein Copy Share Image
