I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already in the team, and my father had come to watch us. We went home, and my father died in front of me. Horribly, in about half an hour. He had a heart attack. Anthony Browne
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  1. Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals, and care about them.
  2. Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.
  3. I'm impressed by the way some illustrators develop their images on computers, but it's too late for me to start, and I'm still in love with paper and paint and pencils.
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