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 movi….

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 ran q….

Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do...Maybe it's the same with people….

It's fun to see how other artists adapt my work..

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..

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace..

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 ideas..

My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward..

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

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 so….

Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room..

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders..

Ben remembered reading about curators in "Wonderstruck", and thought about what id meant to curate your own life, as his dad had done here. What woul….

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 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 ….

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….

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..

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 ….

Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders..

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….