23 Quotes by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Men suck. – Not all men. Just the really good ones.

Love isn’t only passion and joy. It’s also sacrifice.

I may be heaven-sent, but I’m not perfect.

It was funny, though, the things you didn’t learn about people until after they died.

There’s always music,” he replied, “if you listen carefully enough.

But adulthood,” continued the barely twentysomething, “doesn’t give you power over what matters most. It doesn’t protect you from pain, loss, fate. That’s part of being human.

Big picture, it's amazing to create characters and see them brought to life in the art. And to love that art. But I especially enjoy writing a character with heightened powers that aren't especially useful to him.

In terms of graphic versus prose, I could probably do a lecture on that topic. But what stood out most was the difference in pacing the language and resulting scenes. One illustration can do so much for the reader.

Children and teens take in stories to the deepest imaginable level. What we put on the page can change the people they'll become and the course of their lives.