I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made.

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.

If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.

Without hardship, I would never have learnt to rely on God alone for help.

Life is only precious because it ends, kid.

Her face was her chaperone.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.

Life is like jury duty. Just do it and get it over with.

Get up every day and try a little harder than the day before.

The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.

...she thought that something unexpressed in herself came forth and became a part of an unexpressed something in them.

Humility is always one play away.