“I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the flow of language in the outside world, games with words, and ideas about relationships are all most important to me.” PeopleThinkingWorldImportantIdeasGamesLanguageMy OwnFlowCopiesImageryOutside World Author:Margaret Mahy
“I watched them from the window, thy children at their play, And I thought of all my own dear friends, who were far, oh, far away, And childish loves, and childish cares, and a child's own buoyant gladness Came gushing back again to me with a soft and solemn sadness; And feelings frozen up full long, and thoughts of long ago, Seemed to be thawing at my heart with a warm and sudden flow.” HeartChildrenLongPlayFeelingsCareMy OwnSadnessMy HeartFlowWindowDearWarmFar AwayLong AgoFrozenSolemnBack AgainGladnessDear FriendThawing Book:Poems Source: Poems
“United Features had given me a development contract, which meant I was to work exclusively with them and rather than completing everything on my own and turning it in to them and having it rejected or accepted, I was working much more directly with the syndicate, turning in smaller batches much more frequently, and getting comments on them. The idea was that they would help me develop the strip and then, assuming that they liked it, it would flow into a normal contract for syndication.” IdeasHelpingGivenMy OwnUnitedDevelopmentNormalFlowAssumingAcceptedFeaturesHelp MeContractsCommentRejectedCompletingSyndicate Author:Bill Watterson