Jerry Pinkney"Julius is a master writer and storyteller and it was through these collaborations that I became to understand how to reshape a well-known story and make it my own." "Visual storytelling--drawing and painting--is one of the times when I am most centered." "Work which has provided me with the means to visit far-off places and meet people of different cultures as well as see sights I've never dreamed of seeing. Much like the path my books and art have traveled." |
Eric A. Kimmel"I'm always looking for good stories, but I have no hesitation about making changes if I feel for some reason the original doesn't work, or if I can think of a way to make it better."
"I wanted to tell a good story---just to tell a good story--not to teach about Hanukkah traditions." "There is no 'authentic' version. Stories evolve over centuries as tellers add and subtract. I think of myself as one link in a long, long chain." |