“What I had to do was learn how to tell stories with my pictures. At first I didn't even know what that meant because I thought I was already doing it. After all these years of drawing stories and trying to teach it, I think it boils down to a pretty simple rule: it takes time to get to know the characters in a book and the world they inhabit. My first sketches are always horrible. Stereotypical. Contrived. Generic. I have to put in the time in order to deepen them and have it all mean something.” ThinkingWorldTryingMeanBookCharacterSimpleTeachHorribleTake TimeIt Takes Time Author:Marla Frazee
“I do believe this to be the over-arching philosophy behind most of the books I've fallen in love with over the years. The more personal and heartfelt the story is for the author and/or illustrator of the book, the more universal the emotion that can be gleaned from it.” BelieveBookPhilosophyEmotionFallenHeartfelt Author:Marla Frazee
“Picture books are an emotional medium. They need to make us feel something.” NeedsFeelsBookEmotionalMediumsPicture Books Author:Marla Frazee
“Every word, every character in a picture book must count.” BookCharacterPicture Books Author:Marla Frazee
