Bill Peet Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I am an author-illustrator of children's books - and yet - I must confess I don't do the books for the kids. When I'm working on a book I'm somewhere else - at the circus - or a rustic old farm - or deep in a forest - with no thought of who might read the book or what age group it would appeal to. I write them so I can illustrate them.”
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“I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling.”
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“Animal personalities have always intrigued me, the desire to find out more about them made a reader out of me.”
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“I always begin my stories as experiments - on large yellow tablets - a mixture of writing and sketching.”
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“As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.”
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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2010). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, p.11, Harper Collins
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