"Authors of books are not given very much……" — Chris Van Allsburg
"Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books."
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38 Quotes by Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg has 38 quotes on this site.
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As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can…
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Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact…
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The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a…
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There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well.…
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I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything…
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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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The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going…
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The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me
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Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it…
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There must be something to think about at the end.
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Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to…
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The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people…
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More Authors Quotes
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
— Francis Bacon
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of…
— Joseph Addison
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It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass.
— John Berger
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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't…
— Alain de Botton
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Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's…
— Nick Cave
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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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We must be authors of the history of our age.
— Madeleine Albright
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among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading…
— Joseph Addison
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Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends…
— Richard Bach
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The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom…
— Albert Camus
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Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author…
— Stephen Vizinczey
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