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26 quotes by Brian Selznick

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, which was his first long work as a writer.
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I think everything belongs in a certain place, for kids who feel they don't belong anywhere. A museum is an institution like a library where... →

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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... →

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I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy... →

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I definitely think my work comes from things that I liked as a kid, and things I still like now. Monsters and magic and museums and movies, a lot of... →

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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.... →

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I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an illustrator and didn't take any... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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