I’ve been taking art lessons since I was little, and I’ve always drawn. I think in pictures. Brian Selznick Read Quote
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. Brian Selznick Read Quote
I think everything belongs in a certain place, for kids who feel they don’t belong anywhere. A museum is an institution like a library where everything has a place, everything belongs. Brian Selznick Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 tunnels, I ask myself, what is it like to move through tunnels? Brian Selznick Read Quote
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 can’t do it. Brian Selznick Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Brian Selznick Read Quote
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. Brian Selznick Read Quote
