Brian Selznick Quotes

I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made.

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.

A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.

Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now.

My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward.

I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.

Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret

In that moment, the machinery of the world lined up. Somewhere a clock struck midnight, and Hugo's future seemed to fall perfectly into place.

I've always loved children's books - it's not that I didn't like them, I just didn't think I wanted to do that. But then I suddenly realized I did.

Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders.

If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.

Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else.

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.

Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas.

I think I always knew that I would do something with art because it was the one thing that I knew I was really good at.

I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story.

It's fun to see how other artists adapt my work.

Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.

The machine was so intricate, so complicated, that he almost got dizzy looking at it. Even in its sad state of disrepair, it was beautiful.

Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Meliesfrom The Invention of Hugo Cabret

It looks like the whole city is made out of stars.

You either see it or you don't