Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else. Brian Selznick More Quotes by Brian Selznick More Quotes From Brian Selznick 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. Brian Selznick cameras age thinking 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. Brian Selznick drawing important thinking I guess I see a part of myself in everyone I write about. I tend to write about kids who are obsessed with something, and even though I have never been good with machines the way Hugo is, I did love miniature things when I was a kid. Brian Selznick machines writing kids 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. Brian Selznick art-is art thinking 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 classes in illustration there. It was just that the illustration degree had no requirements. Brian Selznick rhode-island islands school 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. Brian Selznick baby life children I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace. Brian Selznick whole cities snow My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward. Brian Selznick hospitals house 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. Brian Selznick midnight world fall As I look out at all of you gathered here, I want to say that I don't see a room full of Parisians in top hats and diamonds and silk dresses. I don't see bankers and housewives and store clerks. No. I address you all tonight as you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers. Brian Selznick mermaid dreamer clerks Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick tales fairy-tale invention 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. Brian Selznick eye dream father I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers. Brian Selznick mermaid dreamer tonight 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 I suddenly realized I did. Brian Selznick book children thinking Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does. Brian Selznick surprise doe writing Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders. Brian Selznick cabinets wonder 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. Brian Selznick breaking-down clock want The orphan in children's literature allows the child protagonist to move the story forward themselves. I think that, however happy a family, every intelligent child thinks: 'How did I come to be born to these parents?' - it is about finding your place in the world. Brian Selznick parents family happy children For most of my career I illustrated books for other people. Brian Selznick books career most people 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 cannot be explained unless you are the clockmaker. Brian Selznick person looking me you
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