Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration.
Chris Van Allsburg
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
Irene Rosenfeld
I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.
Olivia Wilde
No matter how many times you say Social Security is broke, the reality is that Social Security's independent revenue stream and its Trust Fund's investments maintain the program's solvency until 2037, when it may begin to fall short.
Ted Deutch
Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
Damian Lewis
I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.
Wendy O. Williams
I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
Vanessa Mae
Maybe the true purpose of my life is for my body, my sensations and my thoughts to become writing, in other words, something intelligible and universal, causing my existence to merge into the lives and heads of other people.
Annie Ernaux
When a poem is really finished, you can't change anything. You can't move words around. You can't say, 'In other words, you mean.' No, that's not it. There are no other words in which you mean it. This is it.
W. S. Merwin
You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.
Jack Black
Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
Harry S Truman
At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration.
Chris Van Allsburg
