Book Quote by Jeff VanderMeer

I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about, that are so graphic and visual.

— Laurie Anderson

The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my…

— Karen Thompson Walker

Graphic novels are such a visually creative world - it's really interesting what they can do in one sketch. Now I'm hooked.

— Michelle MacLaren

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you…

— Chris Van Allsburg

I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if you ramble…

— Patricia MacLachlan

I am primarily a writer of books, and I enjoy that. But I come to realize that a lot of people prefer a visual…

— Lee Strobel

I've always been interested in writing prose. I doubt anything will come of that, but I like the idea of creating things you can…

— Alex G

I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I think in…

— Markus Zusak

I wish I could be a better writer, but writing is so difficult. I get seduced by visual aesthetics. Because I just like making…

— Sally Mann

I have been drawing and creating visual works my entire life, as long as I can remember.

— Brandon Boyd

I love writing picture books because they are very child-centered and family-focused. The idea of creating a story within 2-5 typewritten pages is very…

— Jerdine Nolen

I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of mind, and…

— Annie Dillard