Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Dan Santat.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Dan Santat is an American author and illustrator known for his children's book The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, which won the 2015 Caldecott Medal for distinguished illustration. He also wrote The Guild of Geniuses and created the Disney Channel animated series The Replacements.
I was always fascinated with the idea that an imaginary friend was the perfect friend that a child created, and I wanted to play with the idea of a role reversal where the imaginary friend is waiting to find that perfect someone but has doubts about whether that day would ever come.
I didn't have an imaginary friend, and even if I did I'm sure it would have been derivative of something I saw on television. Optimus Prime maybe?
I didn't have an imaginary friend, and even if I did I'm sure it would have been derivative of something I saw on television.
Most artists I know are private, and quiet folks who often spend most of their days alone in a studio.