“I remember kids used to give me a penny for drawing them a horse. I loved horses, but I couldn't have one, so I would draw a horse for myself. I would make it food and a blanket for it to wear and a place to live.” GivingKidsRememberUsedDrawsHorseGive MeDrawingPenniesBlanketPlaces To Live Author:Jan Brett
“The books take a year just to do the drawing. I will travel to a country to do the research and get ideas. Sometimes I don't travel to do research, but mostly I do. It takes a long time, but do I ever get tired of it? Not really. The characters kind of grow and evolve.” YearsKindLongBookIdeasCountrySometimesCharacterGrowsLong TimeResearchTiredDrawingEvolve Author:Jan Brett
“People may think that because I have illustrated and written all these books it must be easy for me, but it's not really easy for me. The drawing part is easy - I love doing it. But continuing to move forward is hard.” PeopleThinkingMayBookHardMovingEasyWrittenDrawingMoving ForwardContinuing Author:Jan Brett
“I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.” TryingBelieveWellsBookRealHelpingFeelingsMightBeautifulRememberFeltSpecialQuietPagesDetailsDrawingConvinceBeing RealImaginaryRainyRainy DayPicture BooksBeautiful Picture Author:Jan Brett
