Books Quote by Brian Selznick Download Open image “For most of my career I illustrated books for other people.” — Brian Selznick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Career Illustrated Most Other People
I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book publishing… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession. — John Howe Copy Share Image
I used the second year of my MFA program to write a young adult novel and began pursuing picture books as well. I loved… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
I have 17 full-time archivists working for me who put away in books all the diversity of artwork I do, from drawing to etching… — Peter Max Copy Share Image
As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs. — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous. — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration. — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
“Then you know Prometheus was rescued in the end. His chains were broken, and he was finally set free." The old man squinted one… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
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, or that… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“That night, cold and alone, Joseph had thought he'd found a portal into the past. But he'd been wrong. It was a vision of… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“Time can play all sorts of tricks on you. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground,… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“Did you ever notice that all machines are made for some reason? … They are built to make you laugh, like the mouse here,… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers. — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I've been taking art lessons since I was little, and I've always drawn. I think in pictures. — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is happening that… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
