Writer Quotes by Chris Van Allsburg

10 Writer quotes by Chris Van Allsburg

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For fans of Chris Van Allsburg’s imaginative worlds, these ten snippets reveal how he views the act of writing. He’s a single often thought about the spark that turns a simple idea into a vivid narrative.

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I'm always a bit disappointed when I've finished working on a book.

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An award does not change the quality of a book.

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I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head

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As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies.

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“Book lovers love books!" her mother announced. "There's romance about the books- even having them seems to have a kind of excitement."…

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The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never…

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The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling…

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I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'

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When somebody says, 'This must be a children's book,' basically they're saying, 'You must be a child.' And so my answer is,…

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Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me…

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My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

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'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on…

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Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

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People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to describe because…

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I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

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“The bell still rings for all who truly believe”

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Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that's a…

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I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head

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In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can have some…

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Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

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Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's…

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