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. Brian Selznick Read Quote
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. Brian Selznick Read Quote
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 quickly down the hallway? The boy ran down the marble hallway? I agonize over the words. So my editor works very hard. I’m lucky to have her. Brian Selznick Read Quote
I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story. Brian Selznick Read Quote
I definitely think my work comes from things that I liked as a kid, and things I still like now. Monsters and magic and museums and movies, a lot of things that start with ‘M’ for some reason. Brian Selznick Read Quote
