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 made..

If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken..

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..

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for..

My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward..

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

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..

She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket. Hugo watched as she fiddled with the pin inside the lock until it clicked and t….

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 through tunnel….

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 classe….

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..

Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else..

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 los….

Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders..

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. And I ….

A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of ….

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..

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo..

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….

I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they….

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 be….