Bill Peet Quotes

India, Screenwriter
January 29, 1915 – May, 11, 2002.

William Bartlett "Bill" Peet (January 29, 1915 – May 11, 2002) was an American children's book illustrator and a story writer and animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Also known as Writer, Illustrator, Animator, Children'S Writer, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Comics Artist

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.

Bill Peet
- Books
- Author
- Confess
It's not important which link you are in the chain of evangelism, just be sure you're not the missing link.

Bill Peet
- Missing
- Link
- Evangelism

I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling.

Bill Peet
- Ideas
- Books
- Result
I always begin my stories as experiments - on large yellow tablets - a mixture of writing and sketching.

Bill Peet
Unless it is cured sometimes greediness grows. Where it finally stops, alas, nobody knows.

Bill Peet
- Grows
- Greediness
Animal personalities have always intrigued me, the desire to find out more about them made a reader out of me.

Bill Peet
- Desire
- Animal
- Reader