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.
I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers. - Brian Selznick
I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.
- Brian Selznick
If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken. - Brian Selznick
If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.
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… - Brian Selznick
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…
My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward. - Brian Selznick
My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward.
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
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.
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. - Brian Selznick
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.
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. - Brian Selznick
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.
You can make up your own story when you look at a photo. - Brian Selznick
You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.
Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for. - Brian Selznick
Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.
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