Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick
Brian Selznickis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionIllustrator
Date of Birth14 July 1966
CityEast Brunswick, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
dream sleep night
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.
cities snow whole
I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.
life baby children
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.
fairy-tale invention tales
Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret
dream father eye
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.
children book thinking
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...
school islands illustration
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.
love-is people stories
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 get to draw all the time.
mermaid dreamer tonight
I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.
cabinets wonder
Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders.
eye looks cameras
Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else.
dad book reading
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 would it be like to pick and choose the objects and stories that would go in your own cabinet? How would Ben curate his own life? And then, thinking about his museum box, and his house, and his books, and the secret room, he realized he'd already begun doing it. Maybe, thought Ben, we are all cabinets of wonders.
jobs children book
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 advice I've ever gotten.
book doors pockets
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 the door opened. "How did you learn to do that?" asked Hugo. "Books," answered Isabelle.