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

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

Brian Selznick quotes: Fairy tales only happen in movies. -George Meliesfrom The Invention of Hugo Cabret

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

Brian Selznick quotes: 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.

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.

Brian Selznick quotes: 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.

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.

Brian Selznick quotes: Albert shrugged, but Joseph could sense a world of things his uncle wasn't saying.

Albert shrugged, but Joseph could sense a world of things his uncle wasn't saying.

Brian Selznick quotes: 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.

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.

Brian Selznick quotes: 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.

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.

Brian Selznick quotes: It looks like the whole city is made out of stars.

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

Brian Selznick quotes: I knew I had to break up with Ann Rosenberg after she chose a teal dress for the prom. I had never heard of teal. Also, I was gay.

I knew I had to break up with Ann Rosenberg after she chose a teal dress for the prom. I had never heard of teal. Also, I was gay.

Brian Selznick quotes: 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 ...

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 ...

Brian Selznick quotes: 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 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.

Brian Selznick quotes: My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward.

My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward.

Brian Selznick quotes: It's fun to see how other artists adapt my work.

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

Brian Selznick quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Brian Selznick quotes: We are all cabinets of wonders.

We are all cabinets of wonders.

Brian Selznick quotes: What would it be like to pick and choose the objects and stories that would go into your own cabinet?

What would it be like to pick and choose the objects and stories that would go into your own cabinet?

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

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

Brian Selznick quotes: 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.

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.

Brian Selznick quotes: 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.

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.

Brian Selznick quotes: For most of my career I illustrated books for other people.

For most of my career I illustrated books for other people.

Brian Selznick quotes: You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

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

Brian Selznick quotes: Maybe, thought Ben, we are all cabinets of wonders.

Maybe, thought Ben, we are all cabinets of wonders.

Brian Selznick quotes: Time is supposed to move forwards.''What if I don't like what happens?''Then...you change it.

Time is supposed to move forwards.'

'What if I don't like what happens?'

'Then...you change it.

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

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

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

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

Brian Selznick quotes: Hugo headed off toward the door to leave, but the bookstore was warm and quiet, and the teetering piles of books fascinated him.

Hugo headed off toward the door to leave, but the bookstore was warm and quiet, and the teetering piles of books fascinated him.

Brian Selznick quotes: 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 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.

Brian Selznick quotes: Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders.

Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders.

Brian Selznick quotes: Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

Brian Selznick quotes: I've been taking art lessons since I was little, and I've always drawn. I think in pictures.

I've been taking art lessons since I was little, and I've always drawn. I think in pictures.

Brian Selznick quotes: But there are other stories waiting to be told, and they will be lost one day, too. Whatever the case, it's all beneath your feet, right now.

But there are other stories waiting to be told, and they will be lost one day, too. Whatever the case, it's all beneath your feet, right now.

Brian Selznick quotes: You either see it or you don't

You either see it or you don't

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

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