Daydreaming with pencil and paper is a respectable form of meditation.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate.

What can make your work interesting is as much who you are, as how you draw.

Drawing must seek for interest, not for admiration. Because admiration wears quickly.

I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession.

God loves you enough , trusts you enough, to let affliction come into your life to see whether you will exercise the muscles of faith while your physical muscles begin to atrophy.

I initially moved to Switzerland for work on an animated feature film, and have been here ever since.

Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.

What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.

Lay the foundations for your future now. Try to do a little bit every day and let it slowly add up. Every bit of work you do for your future is worth it.

In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men.

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

I especially cannot imagine anyone who grew up during the Cold War era listening to Donald Trump and saying, you know what, that's a guy that I want to support. It makes zero sense.

You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry.

I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.

I never had a plan. I just sort of ambled along, doing exactly what I wanted every day of my life.

When you go into extra time, we're talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it's a tragedy.

You don't look up truthiness in a book, you look it up in your gut.

And one game, as we know, can cost you a lot.