Quotes About Willems

#1. People think, Hey, I love kids, I want to write children's books. But they think children are happy. That's their first mistake. [Messinger, Jonathan. "Guilt for dinner: The Mo Willems interview." Hipsqueak. 5 May 2011. Web. 18 November 2011.]

Mo Willems

#2. And the moral is: If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave. - Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

Elisabeth Egan

#3. My favorite book is my next one. I'm always hoping to make my next book my best one.

Mo Willems

#4. And the moral for Dinosaurs is: Lock the Back Door!

Mo Willems

#5. There is no difference between fundamental research and applied research. Although this is my view, based on personal taste and the areas I have worked in, it is not necessarily true for others.

Yves Chauvin

#6. The polyglot is a linguistic nomad.

Rosi Braidotti

#7. First of all, I'm not even tired.

Mo Willems

#8. I always say, 'Books beat boredom,' said Amanda wisely.

Mo Willems

#9. Putting the AR movement directly in opposition to the environmental movement, which should be our natural allies in fighting human arrogance and domination of the planet.

Peter Singer

#10. I believe style is a kind of meta-language whose secrets must be learned, which is made up not only of whatever text we are reading, but of the books we have been reading for years, whose outlines lie like watermarks beneath the lines of every new work we encounter.

Paul Willems

#11. We create our work for children not because they're "cute," but because they're human beings, deserving of respect.

Mo Willems

#12. All of the life-changing awesome
words and pictures and ideas
inside your library are useless
without just one word outside
your library: Open.

Mo Willems

#13. Put your money in your head, that way no one can take it from you.

Rita Mae Brown

#14. There are always exceptions,' replied Flea. 'They are what make you exceptional.

Mo Willems

#15. Conditions may vary. We will strive to make your stay as comfortable as possible. However there will be turbulence. There will be unexpected events. There will be human error. Fortunately, we are happy to provide you love. At no extra cost.

Mo Willems

#16. There can be no evolutionary advantage to laying down memories of childhood or perceiving the color of a rose if it doesn't affect the way you're going to move later in life.

Daniel Wolpert

#17. Helping another person gives one the deepest pleasure in the world.

Pat Nixon

#18. It's the middle of the day in China!

Mo Willems

#19. An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience.

Mo Willems

#20. All true theology has an evangelistic thrust, and all true evangelism is theology in action.

J.I. Packer

#21. You definitely do not do films for that particular reason. You do them for yourself, for your satisfaction of creating this thing with characters and watching these characters take on real life - that's all you care about.

Clint Eastwood

#22. Losing touch with spirit does nothing to the field of creativity, which is beyond harm; but it can do much to damage a person's chance in life.

Deepak Chopra

#23. I Want A Puppy! Right Here! Right Now!

Mo Willems

#24. If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.

Mo Willems

#25. Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee?

Marcus Aurelius

#26. The first bowl of chocolate pudding was too hot, but Goldilocks ate it all anyway because, hey, it's chocolate pudding, right?

Mo Willems

#27. I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.

Joycelyn Elders

#28. It is not up to the writer to create a masterpiece. That is what readers do.

Bart J. Gilbertson

#29. Religion is for those individuals trying to avoid going to hell. Spirituality is for those of us who have been there.

United Methodish Church Bulletin

#30. I'm a floating TURNIP HEAD

Mo Willems

#31. I bet your mom would let me.
-Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-

Mo Willems

#32. My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her.

Amy Jo Johnson

#33. The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.

Mo Willems

#34. Writing for children is as easy as describing the history of the Byzantium in three words.

Mo Willems

#35. Living had got to be such a habit with him that he couldn't conceive of any other condition.

Flannery O'Connor

#36. Aggle flabble kabble . . . snurp?

Mo Willems

#37. She went boneless.

Mo Willems