I had read [Charles] Dickens's novels were often published serially. I thought it would be fun to write a book, just sitting down and writing a chapter every day, not knowing what would happen next. So that's how I wrote the first draft. And then of course I had to go back and make sure everything worked and change things.
Lynne Rae PerkinsI don't feel like it's something I invented myself, rather something I absorbed and continue to do.
Lynne Rae PerkinsI knew what infinity was. Being a previous art student, I knew about some art concepts.
Lynne Rae PerkinsIdeas mostly come from the work itself. Often when I'm drawing, the words will be bouncing around in my head, and when I'm writing, ideas about the drawing happen.
Lynne Rae PerkinsThere will be scenes in a movie where people are walking through the park, or through a forest, and you're seeing the flickering leaves around them, and they're walking, but you're also hearing their words. It's an interaction between where they are and what they're saying that's both visual and verbal.
Lynne Rae Perkins