Brian Selznick Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• 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

  Book, World, Able

  Brian Selznick (2015). “Wonderstruck”, p.221, Scholastic

• 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.

  Brian Selznick

  Book, Doors, Pockets

  Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.95, Scholastic

• 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.

  Brian Selznick

  Dad, Reading, 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.

  Brian Selznick

  Jobs, Children, Book

• 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

  Book, Long, Long Time

• 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.

  Brian Selznick

  Children, Book, Thinking

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