As Antiques's son, I was next in line to be the leader of my village... But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

I get ideas from everywhere: movies, books, movies, nature - it comes into my brain, it sits there for a while, and it starts coming back out.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

Illustrations can be a big window: a looking glass into the author's imagination.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

I think, in real life, when we're facing death - that is, when we come out on the other side of it, whether it's death of a friend or a family member - you come out on the other side of the mourning cherishing your life that much more.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

It reveals that people are confusing." Rovender corrected her. "Not Confusing. Complex.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

I would love having Winnie-the-Pooh stay here at the house. We could talk of food and what we were eating next. Maybe ponder that over a little morsel... and then take a little nap and dream of desserts.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

My fifth grade teacher Mr. Straussberger noticed I was having trouble with some of my book reports, but he knew I loved to draw. He gave me extra credit if I did a drawing from the book that I was reading.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

So, Eva Nine, you must sometimes disregard what someone is saying and focus instead on what they are doing. Watch and observe. That is when one reveals his true self.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

So is death a journey? Is it to another place?" she asked. "Is it another planet?"" Many have wondered this very question,"replied provender. "But there is an old Cerulean saying: When your journey reaches its destination here, may you walk on through the memories of those still with us.

— Tony DiTerlizzi

Some things we must learn through experience. That is how one truly lives.

— Tony DiTerlizzi