--- title: "4 Tony Ross Quotes - Famous Writer (Dónall dána)" description: "Anthony Lee Ross is a British author and illustrator of children's picture books. Browse 4 Tony Ross quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tony-ross-91871.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tony Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tony-ross-91871.jpg) # Tony Ross (1938) Writer United Kingdom **4** quotes in **54** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Tony Ross is a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *Dónall dána*. ## Quick Facts About Tony Ross Born August 10, 1938 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works Dónall dána ## About Tony Ross Anthony Lee Ross is a British author and illustrator of children's picture books. In Britain, he is best known for writing and illustrating his Little Princess books and for illustrating the Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon, both of which have become TV series for Milkshake! and CITV respectively based on his artwork. He also illustrates the works of David Walliams. He has also illustrated the Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger, the Dr. Xargle series by Jeanne Willis, and the Harry The Poisonous Centipede series by Lynne Reid Banks. ## Awards & Honors Silver Brush ## Quotes by Tony Ross > [I don't relax. My main relaxation is meeting illustrators and publishers in restaurants and bars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-ross/i-don-t-relax-my-main-relaxation-is-meeting-illustrators-and/) [Tony Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-ross/) [Bars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bars/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/tony-ross-69165_bars_i-don-t-relax-my-main-relaxation-is-meet_127217.jpg) > [How long a book tends to illustrate depends on the book. 'The Awful Aunty' took me 10 days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-ross/how-long-a-book-tends-to-illustrate-depends-on-the-book-the-awful/) [Tony Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-ross/) [Awful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/tony-ross-69165_awful_how-long-a-book-tends-to-illustrate-depe_1510863.jpg) > [You have to go into rehab after doing a David Walliams book. David is such an important man; publishers rate him very,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-ross/you-have-to-go-into-rehab-after-doing-a-david-walliams-book-david-is/) [Tony Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-ross/) [After](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a5/tony-ross-69165_after_you-have-to-go-into-rehab-after-doing-a_1881527.jpg) > [One of the troubles with signings is that you are surrounded by children, and some of them have got colds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-ross/one-of-the-troubles-with-signings-is-that-you-are-surrounded-by/) [Tony Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-ross/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/tony-ross-69165_children_one-of-the-troubles-with-signings-is-tha_1919883.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-ross/#itemlist", "name": "Tony Ross Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't relax. 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