- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.
- Fascinate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have learned through time that not everyone is interested in the kinds of things that fascinate me.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see 'Hansel and Gretel' as a breakthrough book for me, and one of the reasons is because I started to apply meaning to the hidden details.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already in the team, and my father had come to watch us. We went home, and my father died in front of me. Horribly, in about half an hour. He had a heart attack.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stories come to me and I don't know where they come from, but afterwards I can look back and say, 'Oh yes, that's got a little bit of me, or a little bit of my own son in it'. That's where ideas come from.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with an older brother who was always stronger and faster and better than me at everything, but I was close enough in age to try and compete, so we had a competitive childhood.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm impressed by the way some illustrators develop their images on computers, but it's too late for me to start, and I'm still in love with paper and paint and pencils.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
What excites me about picture books is the gap between pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures can tell a slightly different story or tell more about the story, about how someone is thinking or feeling.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
One day, I found my dad's dressing-gown in an old suitcase, and it transported me back to when I was five and thought he was a god or a superhero who could do anything. After that, I wrote my first positive book about fathers, about my dad.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am from the bush. The bush did not define me. I did not stay in the bush, but I never forgot where I came from.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020