Brian Selznick

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

— Brian Selznick

“Then you know Prometheus was rescued in the end. His chains were broken, and he was finally set free." The old man…

— Brian Selznick

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.…

— Brian Selznick

A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are,…

— Brian Selznick

“That night, cold and alone, Joseph had thought he'd found a portal into the past. But he'd been wrong. It was a…

— Brian Selznick

Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't…

— Brian Selznick

“Time can play all sorts of tricks on you. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into…

— Brian Selznick

“Did you ever notice that all machines are made for some reason? … They are built to make you laugh, like the…

— Brian Selznick

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

— Brian Selznick

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

— Brian Selznick

What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is…

— Brian Selznick

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

— Brian Selznick

“Yes, I've been trying to tell all night to tell you,' said the bat. 'But you wouldn't stop fighting me. It was…

— Brian Selznick

I think I always knew that I would do something with art because it was the one thing that I knew I…

— Brian Selznick

I think everything belongs in a certain place, for kids who feel they don't belong anywhere. A museum is an institution like…

— Brian Selznick

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I…

— Brian Selznick

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

— Brian Selznick

Ben remembered reading about curators in "Wonderstruck", and thought about what id meant to curate your own life, as his dad had…

— Brian Selznick

Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the…

— Brian Selznick

Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant…

— Brian Selznick

“Sometimes I come up here at night...just to look at the city. I like to imagine that the world is one big…

— Brian Selznick

“Did you ever notice that all machines are made for some reason?" he asked Isabelle. "They are built to make you laugh,…

— Brian Selznick

“Hugo learned that Prometheus had created humankind out of mud, and then stolen fire from the gods as a gift for the…

— Brian Selznick

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

— Brian Selznick

I think the most important thing you can do is to keep drawing no matter what. And to not be afraid of…

— Brian Selznick