“I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished … do I begin the pictures.”
Maurice Sendak
author of Where the Wild Things Are
Writing Quote #3 (Maurice Sendak)
August 21, 2009 by Scott W. Smith
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Screenwriting from Iowa- Filmmaking Quote # 36 (Being Platformagnostic) Scott W. Smith
[...] “I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished … do I begin the pictures.” [...] Original Source… [...]
[...] Maurice Sendak. Keep revising. "I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished … do I begin the pictures." [...]
[...] Maurice Sendak. Keep revising. “I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished … do I begin the pictures.” [...]
[...] Maurice Sendak. Keep revising. “I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished … do I begin the pictures.” [...]