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“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

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

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

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