“Mostly I wanted to be a writer, though for a couple of years there I w...” — Catherine Jinks Quote

“Mostly I wanted to be a writer, though for a couple of years there I wanted to be an animator, because I loved drawing and capturing beautiful movements.”

“I was lucky enough to be a child during the renaissance of Australian children's literature, when people like Ivan Southall, Colin Thiele, Lilith Norman and Wrightson were pumping out hugely inspiring stuff.”

“The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'”

“At one point, I was hell-bent on being a Disney animator, and sort of got over that in college and wanted to do my own stuff. You know, towards the end of college I had actually planned to go to the Boston Conservatory of Music for musical theater.”

“I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.”

“My grandfather was actually a union organizer at Walt Disney. He was an animator. He used to draw Donald Duck for Walt Disney.”