Brian Jacques
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Biography
James Brian Jacques was an English author known for his Redwall series of children's fantasy novels and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. He also completed two collections of short stories entitled The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns and Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales.
"Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others."
"So here is my story, may it bringSome smiles and a tear or so,It happened once upon a time,Far away, and long ago,Outside the night wind keens and wails,Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!"
"Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!"
"Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently."
"Was it magic? Of course it was."
"Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived."
"If you wanna be a writer, you must learn to paint a picture with words."
"Food to eat and games to play.Tell me why, tell me why.Serve it out and eat it up.Have a try, have a try."
"I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old could write that well. I was even punished because my teacher thought I'd lied about writing it! I had always loved to write, but it was then that I realized that I had a talent for it."