Anthony Browne Quotes

One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If I don't write and illustrate for some time, then I begin to question who I am.

Anthony Browne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 11, 1946

Topics

ChildrenTimeJobI AmPicture

Acting and modelling are good, but motherhood is what it's all about.

Jerry Hall

GoodMotherhoodActingModelling

Bonobos are not monkeys! Bonobos are apes.

Andy Dunn

Monkeys

Irene Nemirovsky was a prolific writer punctiliously devoted to her craft.

Andre Aciman

CraftHerDevotedWriterProlific

I was a mother who worked ridiculously hard to keep catastrophe at bay. I didn't allow my kids to eat hamburgers for fear of E. coli. I didn't allow them to play with rope, string, balloons - anything that might strangle them. They had to bite grapes in half, avoid lollipops, eat only when I could watch them.

Ann Hood

FearMotherPlayHardRopeEat

I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.

Mitch Kapor

ControlKnowOutUpWokeWould

I don't mind a gut. In fact, I would prefer a guy to have a gut than be too built.

Liz Vassey

MindGutGuyWouldFactThan

I love actors that are brave, that are courageous. And courage to me is not the absence of fear, it's the presence of fear, and they go to places that really scare them, because as an audience, that's where you feel danger.

Derek Cianfrance

LoveFearCourageMeBraveYou

I haven't grown since I was 13, and every girl cast opposite me isn't allowed to wear heels on camera, for fear that I would look minuscule. In all of the casting calls for my best friends on every project, it says in big, bold, red letters: 'Please no high heels.' It's a little embarrassing.

Dove Cameron

FearGirlBestRedMeLook

My kids' books all have a darkness to them.

David Small

DarknessBooksKidsThem

For me really good acting is about subtext.

Clive Owen

GoodMeActingSubtextAboutReally

I really wasn't even aware that Batman and Superman had this kind of grudging friendship.

Mark Valley

FriendshipSupermanKindAwareEven

When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: 'I know who I am, and I know who I'm not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.' You start to face yourself as you truly are.

Mark Ruffalo

ManYourselfI AmStartFaceYou

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