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School librarians play such an enormous role in bringing children to books they are going to enjoy. It's a magic alchemy when that works.

~Chris Riddell

Topics: Alchemy Books Bringing Children Enjoy Enormous Going Magic Play Role School Works

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I'm doing a couple books at Dynamite. I'm writing Doc Savage over there.

~Chris Roberson

Topics: Books Couple Doing Dynamite Over Savage Writing

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I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Books Involve Journey Like Seem Travel

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I am never really surprised at the way my books take shape. They are just not as perfect as I'd like them to be.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Am Books Just Like Never Perfect Really Shape Surprised Take Them Way I Am

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Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Authors Books Control Films Given Made Much Over Very

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It did occur to me that certainly African-Americans are not underserved in picture books, but those books are almost all about specifically black experiences.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: About Almost Almost All Black Books Certainly Did Experiences Me Occur Picture Specifically Those

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It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want to do that.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Art Books Children Does Kids Me Most Only Seems Want Writing

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I don't like to get scared - it's not one of the emotions I enjoy. So I have to assume that if there are scary things in my books, they aren't very scary.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Assume Books Emotions Enjoy Get Like Scared Scary Things Very

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I try to satisfy the desires that people have to have their books personalized. That's a value, or feature, of bibliophilia that may vanish. How do you get your e-book signed? The idea of people standing in line to get my signature in their book, it's hard to turn them away.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Away Book Books Desires Feature Get Hard How Idea Line May People Personalized Satisfy Signature Signed Standing Them Try Turn Value Vanish You Your

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I'm not surprised that my books appeal to adults.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Adult Appeal Books Surprised

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