Illustrating Quotes

If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.

There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.

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

I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.