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What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books.

~Chris Van Allsburg

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Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Books Central Collected Comic Comic Books Concern Included Interested Kid Magazines Majority Material Mostly Only Reading Television

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The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness.

~Chris Ware

Topics: About Afford Anybody Books Innate Like Most Them Thing

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When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They were like their own whole world.

~Chris Ware

Topics: Afternoon Books Could Dense Just Kid Like Liked Lose Own Seemed Them Were Whole World You Yourself

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I hate SF books that think all you need to make a book is cool technology and mind-bending ideas without a decent plot or characters. And I hate when fantasy books are allowed to ramble off into five hundred page diatribes which don't advance the story one bit.

~Chris Wooding

Topics: Advance Allowed Bit Book Books Characters Cool Decent Fantasy Five Hate Hundred Ideas Make Need Off Page Plot Story Technology Think Which Without You Sf

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I do screen work, adult books, kids books and comic stuff, which gives me a pretty full plate. The problem is usually choosing which one I want to work on next.

~Chris Wooding

Topics: Adult Books Choosing Comic Full Gives Kids Me Next Plate Pretty Problem Screen Stuff Want Which Work

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Finding new books to read and relaxing is what I enjoy when I do have some time to spend on my own.

~Chris Young

Topics: Books Enjoy Finding My Own New Own Read Relaxing Some Spend Time

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You can read books on stuff all day long, but until you get out there and just do it, if you want to start playing, and you want to make some music, then go out and play. Go find yourself a venue and play, even if it's in your home. Just play every day. You win the fight by fighting.

~Christian Kane

Topics: All Day Books Day Even Every Every Day Fight Fighting Find Get Go Home Just Just Do It Long Make Music Out Play Playing Read Some Start Stuff Then Until Venue Want Win You Your Yourself

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Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

~Christian Lacroix

Topics: Books Dressed Everything Generation Going Grandparents House Like Only Our Our Generation Out Paris Seen Sisters

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I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines.

~Christian Lacroix

Topics: Books Clothes Experienced Grandparents Looking Magazines Old

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