Stories come to me and I don't know where they come from, but afterwards I can look back and say, 'Oh yes,… — Anthony Browne Afterwards Copy Share Image
After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was… — Anthony Browne After Copy Share Image
I see 'Hansel and Gretel' as a breakthrough book for me, and one of the reasons is because I started to apply… — Anthony Browne Apply Copy Share Image
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. — Anthony Browne Bond Copy Share Image
What excites me about picture books is the gap between pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures can tell a slightly different story… — Anthony Browne About Copy Share Image
As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book. — Anthony Browne Book Copy Share Image
Maurice Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm, the psychology, the… — Anthony Browne Book Copy Share Image
One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If… — Anthony Browne Accepting Copy Share Image
Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight. — Anthony Browne Although Copy Share Image
Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations. — Anthony Browne Come Copy Share Image
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. — Anthony Browne Age Copy Share Image
Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous. — Anthony Browne Alive Copy Share Image
I grew up in Yorkshire, and once or twice a year, we'd travel over the Pennines to see my cousins in Cheshire. — Anthony Browne Cousins Copy Share Image
From 17 to 21, I was obsessed by sport and art. In art, I loved the pre-Raphaelites and Rembrandt first. Then I… — Anthony Browne Art Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, I was a worrier, and so was my son, Joe. I used to tell him that worrying… — Anthony Browne Boy Copy Share Image
I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child. — Anthony Browne Around Copy Share Image
Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals,… — Anthony Browne About Copy Share Image
When I talk to children, I show them a typical drawing I made when I was six and point out to them… — Anthony Browne Age Copy Share Image
I'm impressed by the way some illustrators develop their images on computers, but it's too late for me to start, and I'm… — Anthony Browne Computers Copy Share Image
My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a… — Anthony Browne Army Copy Share Image
Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being… — Anthony Browne Away Copy Share Image
One day, I found my dad's dressing-gown in an old suitcase, and it transported me back to when I was five and… — Anthony Browne About Copy Share Image
As adults, we've seen so much before that we often turn the pages of a picture book without really looking. Young children… — Anthony Browne Adult Copy Share Image
Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it. — Anthony Browne Creativity Copy Share Image
Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life. — Anthony Browne Balanced Copy Share Image
