"My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!"

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"My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!"

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"We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister."Pride? Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. "Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power."My brother is undoubtedly arrogant, Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you? He grinned."

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"I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was."

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"But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children."

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"When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!"

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"Each book first begins with a little idea."

Creativity

"Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books."

Thought

"Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented."

Parenting

"I have been drawing all my life."

Life

"But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me."

Nothing

"Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time."

Time

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