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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Clever is as clever does.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

No living thing is insignificant.

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

Never abandon imagination

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

'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.

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

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

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

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.

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

The folly of humankind is that it believes it is impervious to decay

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

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