I knew what infinity was. Being a previous art student, I knew about some art concepts. — Lynne Rae Perkins Art Copy Share Image
“But at least I have my health," he said. It was a joke.” — Lynne Rae Perkins Health Copy Share Image
I don't want to make myself sound that spontaneous, because I'm not. — Lynne Rae Perkins Sound Copy Share Image
I know if I did that [career as painter] all the time I would get tired of it. — Lynne Rae Perkins Artist Copy Share Image
“Their secrets inadvertently sidestepped each other, unaware, like blindfolded elephants crossing the tiny room.” — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
I do love that discovery of when you're trying to figure out how to make something work, and it happens in a… — Lynne Rae Perkins Discovery Copy Share Image
With most of my books, there are some parts that pop up right away, and other parts I have to wait for. — Lynne Rae Perkins Book Copy Share Image
I love that when you're writing your mind is sort of figuring things out on its own, without you directing it. — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
“Maybe the grass is greener on the other side depends who was standing in it. Sometimes you have to go over there… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
I [drinking coffee] for about an hour, I get dressed and go down in my studio, and that's a different kind of… — Lynne Rae Perkins Coffee Copy Share Image
“Life was rearranging itself; bulging in places, fraying in spots. Sometimes leaving holes big enough to see through, or even step through,… — Lynne Rae Perkins Life Copy Share Image
By the time I finished the book [All Alone in the Universe], Robin Roy was saying, "More pictures!" — Lynne Rae Perkins All alone Copy Share Image
I don't think about it that much, but sometimes I am surprised by that. I sometimes wonder why I didn't turn out… — Lynne Rae Perkins Animal Copy Share Image
It's one of my favorite times of day. I'll have an array of notes, things that I want to think about. Something… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
I made a drawing for a book I'm working . It's a little drawing of a girl who's ashamed and upset and… — Lynne Rae Perkins Artist Copy Share Image
Often they do go back and forth the whole way, and I don't know until the very end what the last line… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
It really does feel, partly because of graphic novels kids read, like there's a lot of freedom with how you can use… — Lynne Rae Perkins Books Copy Share Image
I creep over to my chair and sit there with my notebook and my thermos of coffee. It's my best time for… — Lynne Rae Perkins Best time Copy Share Image
“Many girls at school were infatuated with his shallow athletic splendor and his golden handsome features that were biologically inherited and had… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
It's really daunting when you have just spent a lot of time on something to think about tossing it out. But once… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
“I know I'm still young and there's a lot of time for things to happen, but sometimes I think there is something… — Lynne Rae Perkins Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Whatever her name was, she was pretty. She had a thick, careless braid of chestnut hair, a quick smile, and dark, merry… — Lynne Rae Perkins Beauty Copy Share Image
“They looked for one another when nothing else was happening, the way you pick up a magazine or look in the cupboard… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
“Debbie wondered if it was true that there was only one person in the world for every person, and if she had… — Lynne Rae Perkins Love Copy Share Image
“He was thinking that maybe love was like starting a fire with two sticks. You've always heard that it's possible, but how… — Lynne Rae Perkins Love Copy Share Image
I don't feel like it's something I invented myself, rather something I absorbed and continue to do. — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
The morning time is also a time when I look at what I did yesterday. That's often a jumping-off point for today. — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
Ideas mostly come from the work itself. Often when I'm drawing, the words will be bouncing around in my head, and when… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
“She was thinking that the grass really could be greener on the other side of the fence. It depended on who wa… — Lynne Rae Perkins Greener on the other side Copy Share Image
We had a dog, Lucky, who was fourteen years old. For the last year of his life, I would take him on… — Lynne Rae Perkins Animal Copy Share Image
If I could make a career out of drawing little girls hiding in corners, I would do really well. — Lynne Rae Perkins Artist Copy Share Image
I had a general outline of subjects. The way I start my days is my husband brings me a thermos of coffee… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
One of my favorite moments in that book [As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth] was when something happened… — Lynne Rae Perkins Book Copy Share Image
A long time ago, I had an idea to make a book for preschoolers who had older siblings who were going to… — Lynne Rae Perkins Book Copy Share Image
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