Tony DiTerlizzi quotes

Never abandon imagination. (Tony DiTerlizzi)

I get ideas from everywhere: movies, books, movies, nature - it comes into my brain, it sits there for a while, and it starts coming back out.

Tony DiTerlizzi

I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations.

Tony DiTerlizzi

I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new.

Tony DiTerlizzi

I'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Tiny-perhaps." Rovender kept his eyes fixed on the rings. "Insignificant-never, Eva Nine. No living thing is insignificant.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Balancing an illustrator and author can be tricky, but I was an illustrator mostly before I wrote my books.

Tony DiTerlizzi

The exciting thing about doing art for someone else's story is how I can translate their world through pictures, and that's always a pretty big challenge.

Tony DiTerlizzi

When I see how fast technology is advancing, my mind thinks of evolution and how organisms also have to evolve or adapt in order to, in their case, survive.

Tony DiTerlizzi

When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that.

Tony DiTerlizzi

I love stories. I loved stories when I was a kid. My mom read stories to me all the time. (Tony DiTerlizzi)

I've always been a chameleon from book to book, like a director who does different films in the best possible way.

Tony DiTerlizzi

If you want the beautiful moments to shine, you have to contrast that with dark and gruesome moments. That's the way life is.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Your home is where your family is... Where someone waits for you and thinks about you.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Despite what you hear and say there will always be that one voice that will always be true to you.

Tony DiTerlizzi

No living thing is insignificant.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Sure, I eat because I have to. But I also eat because I want to. It is one of life's few pleasures.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Having a family that loves books and loves to read has always created a common ground for communication.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Tony DiTerlizzi

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Occupation: American Artist
Born: September 6, 1969
Quotes count: 18

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