Mo Willems Quotes

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• An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience.
• Writing for children is as easy as describing the history of the Byzantium in three words.
• My favorite book is my next one. I’m always hoping to make my next book my best one.
• Aggle flabble kabble . . . snurp?
• I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-
• A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have to…
• The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.
• I always say, 'Books beat boredom,' said Amanda wisely.
• All of the life-changing awesome words and pictures and ideas inside your library are useless without just one word outside your library: Open.
• If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.
• The first bowl of chocolate pudding was too hot, but Goldilocks ate it all anyway because, hey, it's chocolate pudding, right?

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