Tony DiTerlizzi Quotes & Sayings

It is because they are happier when they are together. They are safe. They are strong. — Tony DiTerlizzi

My fifth grade teacher Mr. Straussberger noticed I was having trouble with some of my book reports, but he knew I loved to draw. He gave me extra credit if I did a drawing from the book that I was reading. — Tony DiTerlizzi

A heart of compassion is just as hard to hold within you as one of indifference -the Truth Bird — Tony DiTerlizzi

I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations. — Tony DiTerlizzi

My outlines can be 10-20 pages in length and focus primarily on the physical active plot over the emotional plot. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I feel very proud in what we've created in the 'Spiderwick' stories. And, frankly, I am glad we are ending the series on a high-note. — Tony DiTerlizzi

'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Alice in Wonderland' inspired me. I wanted to take those themes and try to bring it into a more 21st story with aliens. — Tony DiTerlizzi

If I rewind back to that period, I was 8 in 1977 when 'Star Wars' was in theaters. I saved up money, or my parents got me the 'Art of Star Wars' book. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Now, as Global Ambassador for Starlight Children's Foundation, which brightens the lives of poorly children, I visit hospitals and tell stories to the young patients. Sometimes I read. Sometimes I draw. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Eva, I recognize your confusion. It is not always easy to understand another's spirit, especially if you do not know where to look -Rovender — Tony DiTerlizzi

If you want the beautiful moments to shine, you have to contrast that with dark and gruesome moments. That's the way life is. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Your home is where your family is ... Where someone waits for you and thinks about you. — Tony DiTerlizzi

We are born, we live, and we perish, perhaps to be born again in some other form ... Galaxies are but one living entity burning with the energy from all of us. Life and death are but siblings who turn the universe continually. Endlessly. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I must confess that although I am quite passionate about the books I create for children, I am not the best oral storyteller. In fact, I stink at it. — Tony DiTerlizzi

When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that. — Tony DiTerlizzi

No living thing is insignificant. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Most will tell you what they believe to be fact because it is much harder to conceal it. It takes effort to suppress the truth. It usually eats you up from the inside out if you try to contain it in silence. In the end you have to decide what truth resides best within you ... even if your point of view does not agree with others. — Tony DiTerlizzi

So is death a journey? Is it to another place?" she asked. "Is it another planet?"
"Many have wondered this very question,"replied rovender. "But there is an old Caerulan saying: When your journey reaches its destination here, may you walk on through the memories of those still with us. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I can't remember a time when I wasn't inspired by 'Star Wars.' — Tony DiTerlizzi

In 2008, my one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Sophia, suffered a grand mal seizure. It came from nowhere, for no apparent reason, and took hold of my little fairy-girl. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I loved stories as a kid, both being read to me and enjoying on my own. All these stories inspired my imagination, and that's what I have always aimed at doing for my readers: ignite their imaginations. — Tony DiTerlizzi

With the success of 'Spiderwick,' it's allowed me to be able to have the freedom to really be able to tell the stories that I really wanted to tell, that I've always wanted to tell. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I think home can be more than a single place. I think it is wherever you find those that you love. A family. -Eva — Tony DiTerlizzi

We have someone with us who is dying
someone whose spirit is ready to leave this world, she thought to the tree. But he wants to be with his clan. With his forest. Will you take us? — Tony DiTerlizzi

If you like my renditions of faerie-folk, then you will most certainly like Brian Froud's work. — Tony DiTerlizzi

But our knowledge, the things we learn, can carry on in others after we are gone ... The toil of this journey, our journey, is the man for those who will follow. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new. — Tony DiTerlizzi

We did not know that she had passed," Soth said. She held a palm up to the air. "Hopefully, her spirit has found serenity."
The council did the same. "Spirit find Serenity," they said in unison. — Tony DiTerlizzi

It reveals that people are confusing."
Rovender corrected her. "Not Confusing. Complex. — Tony DiTerlizzi

The essence will be evident everywhere. In all that the citizens do: in their art, music, food, and their buildings. If the essence of a place nourishes your spirit, then it is a good place to be -Rovender — Tony DiTerlizzi

I read a lot of fantasy and grew up on 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek.' I loved going to Middle Earth. 'Dungeons & Dragons' was a huge influence. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Balancing an illustrator and author can be tricky, but I was an illustrator mostly before I wrote my books. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Maybe answers are found not in observing but in doing. Doing the right thing -Eva Nine — Tony DiTerlizzi

The exciting thing about doing art for someone else's story is how I can translate their world through pictures, and that's always a pretty big challenge. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I've always been a chameleon from book to book, like a director who does different films in the best possible way. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Your mother contained a good spirit. A loving spirit. A spirit that will not cease to exist.
Eva looked at him, her brows furrowed.
Rovender placed his arm around Eva's shoulders. You see, she lives within you now, in all of the lessons that she taught you. Lessons you will never forget. Lessons you will always carry with you ... and will one day pass on. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I think, in real life, when we're facing death - that is, when we come out on the other side of it, whether it's death of a friend or a family member - you come out on the other side of the mourning cherishing your life that much more. — Tony DiTerlizzi

So, Eva Nine, you must sometimes disregard what someone is saying and focus instead on what they are doing. Watch and observe. That is when one reveals his true self. — Tony DiTerlizzi

FOR, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, our most basic common link IS THAT WE ALL INHABIT this small planet. WE ALL BREATHE THE SAME AIR. We all cherish our children's future. AND WE ARE ALL MORTAL. - John F. Kennedy — Tony DiTerlizzi

Despite what you hear and say there will always be that one voice that will always be true to you. — Tony DiTerlizzi

When you hear the words 'magic' and 'story', they will probably evoke thoughts of your favourite fairy tales from childhood. Storybook pages abound with all manner of magic: fantastical fairies, wish-granting genies, or even a certain boy wizard. — Tony DiTerlizzi

There are many challenges I face while working on a book. Working within deadlines and schedules is certainly one of the bigger ones for me. I want to create the best possible book I can for my readers with words and pictures - and that takes time to get it just right. — Tony DiTerlizzi

The real question one should ask when presented with a puzzle is, 'Should I solve it? Do I really need to know the answer? — Tony DiTerlizzi

Usually, an author writes a manuscript that is handed in to the editor. The editor will then work with an art director to find just the right illustrator for the job, and off they go. Many times, the illustrator and author never meet. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I love stories. I loved stories when I was a kid. My mom read stories to me all the time. — Tony DiTerlizzi

A child needs his parent at all times, Father. Not just when life is smiling down upon him -Rovender — Tony DiTerlizzi

I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read. — Tony DiTerlizzi

In some ways, you kind of take a personality and drop it on the ground, and it breaks into a bunch of little pieces, and you kind of water those pieces, and it grows into characters. So they're all me in a way. — Tony DiTerlizzi

When I see how fast technology is advancing, my mind thinks of evolution and how organisms also have to evolve or adapt in order to, in their case, survive. — Tony DiTerlizzi

What are these things that this houses, Eva?" Rovender picked up a crumbling tome. He handed it to her.
"These are books," Eva said as the yellowed bits of paper flaked away in her hands to rest on the floor. "It's what humans used to put all of their writing in long ago. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I think about what 10-year-old Tony would want that 40-year-old Tony can make. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I obsess over things ... especially my book projects. It can be very time consuming. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I was a tremendous fan of the original Kenneth Grahame short story, 'The Reluctant Dragon.' — Tony DiTerlizzi

Sure, I eat because I have to. But I also eat because I want to. It is one of life's few pleasures. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Some things we must learn through experience. That is how one truly lives. -Rovender — Tony DiTerlizzi

Your answers lie here, Rovender said, gesturing around the library. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Never abandon imagination — Tony DiTerlizzi

I get ideas from everywhere: movies, books, movies, nature - it comes into my brain, it sits there for a while, and it starts coming back out. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Tiny-perhaps." Rovender kept his eyes fixed on the rings. "Insignificant-never, Eva Nine. No living thing is insignificant. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Clever is as clever does. — Tony DiTerlizzi

As Antiquus's son, I was next in line to be the leader of my village ... But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Man was not designed to eat pills and powders and all the other chemicals they pump you full of. We were meant to live off the land in harmony with it. Not in some safety bubble. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Having a family that loves books and loves to read has always created a common ground for communication. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I'm a huge fan of process. Even if it's a movie that I don't think is quite as successful, I'm really intrigued by the process of it. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Strength is not just in muscle and bone," Rovender said
"That is right," Soth added. "Emotional strength is more powerful. — Tony DiTerlizzi

One can find happiness in a variety of places. It can be in a busy city of many, such as Solas; but it may also be alone, deep in a tranquil forest. It is not always among your kind -Rovender — Tony DiTerlizzi

True, it has given its life," Rovender said. "But its energy, its spirit, will replenish yours. Respect that and enjoy the meal. — Tony DiTerlizzi

A full stomach allows the brain to be hungry for common sense. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Inkblot shadows of the canopy swayed and rolled on the forest floor in the cloudy light, almost as if the ground itself was moving. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I want my stories to be understood and enjoyed by anyone, so I need 'beta-readers' who will tell me when the plot is working or not working, and when my writing is concise or vague. — Tony DiTerlizzi

The folly of humankind is that it believes it is impervious to decay — Tony DiTerlizzi

Welcome to the real world, Mother Robot, a beautiful and dangerous place. Now you can truly begin to live. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I never want to dumb it down. If there's any simplification, it's just a simplification to make sure that the reader understands the point that the character is trying to make. — Tony DiTerlizzi

But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action. You are a leader, Eva Nine. A hero. And you are my WondLa -Rovender — Tony DiTerlizzi

The most challenging and exciting aspect is the outline and formation of the plot points. This is the stage where the notion of the story begins to take shape, and I can see glimpses of what is to come. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Illustrations can be a big window: a looking glass into the author's imagination. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I would love having Winnie-the-Pooh stay here at the house. We could talk of food and what we were eating next. Maybe ponder that over a little morsel ... and then take a little nap and dream of desserts. — Tony DiTerlizzi

When you're in elementary school, you get these amazing assignments, like to come up with your own animal, come up with your own city, come up with your own planet, what do the people look like; you're very much encouraged to be as imaginative as possible. — Tony DiTerlizzi

I don't look at stories in genres. A good story is a good story, no matter what planet it happens on, whether the characters are mice or human or whatever. That's how I look at it. — Tony DiTerlizzi