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Brian Selznick Biography

Brian Selznick (born July 14, 1966) is an American illustrator and writer best known for illustrating children's books. He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

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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.

Love Is, People, See, Seen, Stories, Time

He wished he was with his mom in her library, where everything was safe and numbered and organized by the Dewey decimal system. Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for, like the meaning of your dream, or your dad.

Ben, Dad, Dream, Looking, Mom, Wished

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

Look, Looks, Make, Photo, Stories, Story

The idea of going to the movies made Hugo remember something Father had once told him about going to the movies when he was just a boy, when the movies were new. Hugo's father had stepped into a dark room, and on a white screen he had seen a rocket fly right into the eye of the man in the moon. Father said he had never experienced anything like it. It had been like seeing his dreams in the middle of the day.

Dark, Dream, Eye, Father, Room, Told

She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket. Hugo watched as she fiddled with the pin inside the lock until it clicked and the door opened. "How did you learn to do that?" asked Hugo. "Books," answered Isabelle.

Book, Doors, Hugo, Pin, Pockets, Rear

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.

Breaking Down, Clock, Hugo, Thought, Time, Want

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

Cabinets, Maybe, Wonder, Wonders

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

Doe, Everything, Naturally, Surprise, Surprises, Writing

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.

Drawing, Movie, Pages, Seeing, Think, Thinking

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

Broken, Like You, Lose, Purpose

Time can play all sorts of tricks on you. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults.

Baby, Carriages, Children, Life, Lost, Play

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.

Fall, Machinery, Midnight, Moment, World

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.

Dream, Dreams, Look, Night, Sleep, Wondered

But I'm a fairly mechanical worker - I tend not to think about themes so much as plot. I want to get the feeling right. If it's moving through tunnels, I ask myself, what is it like to move through tunnels?

Move, Moving, Themes, Think, Thinking, Tunnels

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

Artist, Artists, Fun, See, Work

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.

Art, Art Is, Good, Think, Thinking

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

Address, Adventurers, Dreamer, Magicians, Mermaid, Tonight

I think the most important thing you can do is to keep drawing no matter what. And to not be afraid of drawing whatever interests you. If there is something that you want to draw, to make, then I think you should pursue it and not let anybody tell you that you cant do it.

Drawing, Important, Interests, Make, Thing, Thinking

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.

Given, Illustrator, Love, Stories, Support, Work

Ben remembered reading about curators in "Wonderstruck", and thought about what id meant to curate your own life, as his dad had done here. What would it be like to pick and choose the objects and stories that would go in your own cabinet? How would Ben curate his own life? And then, thinking about his museum box, and his house, and his books, and the secret room, he realized he'd already begun doing it. Maybe, thought Ben, we are all cabinets of wonders.

Book, Dad, House, Maybe, Pick, Reading

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