You need a theme in a picture book just as much or maybe even more than you need it in a novel. Eve Bunting More Quotes by Eve Bunting More Quotes From Eve Bunting I always have strong feelings when I'm writing a book. Sometimes when I'm writing a book, I even cry when I'm writing. Once I read a quotation that I thought was very true for me, which is: "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader." Eve Bunting strongreadingbook It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen. Eve Bunting overcomingmotivationallooks I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young. Eve Bunting writinglove-ischildren I hope never to retire. I write so many because it's the thing I like to do most - to write. And if you write every day, you just naturally get a lot of books. Eve Bunting retiringwritingbook Titles are very hard. Sometimes a title comes before I start to write the book, but often I finish the book and I still don't have a title. I have to go through the book again and then sometimes I hope a title jumps out at me from what I've written. Eve Bunting titleswritingbook I write every day. I don't have a writing schedule. I write when I feel like it. Fortunately I feel like it all the time. I am writing for hours. Eve Bunting hoursscheduleswriting I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years. Eve Bunting takenbookyears Yes, I have two books that are about me: one of them I wrote, and the other one was written about me. One of my books, which is called 'Spying on Miss Muller,' is really about me even though it's a novel. My autobiography is called 'Once Upon a Time.' Eve Bunting missmetimetwo I write every day. I don't have a writing schedule. I write when I feel like it. Fortunately, I feel like it all the time. I am writing for hours. I do like to write in the morning. I start after breakfast, like 9 o'clock, and I'll write till lunch, about 1. And after lunch, I just have fun. Eve Bunting i-amdaytimemorning I write at a desk. I have a room of my own where I can have my computer. I write in there, usually directly onto my computer. It used to be the room where my two sons used to sleep with the dog and the cat, but now it's all mine. It has pictures of art from my books on the walls. Eve Bunting picturesdogsleepart
