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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

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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

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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

Topics: About Ask Fairly Feeling Get Like Mechanical Move Moving Much Myself Plot Right Tend Themes Think Through Want Worker

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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.

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Topics: About Cannot Clock Clocks Everything Explained Happening Interests Looking Magical Me Person Something Unless You

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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

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I've been taking art lessons since I was little, and I've always drawn. I think in pictures.

~Brian Selznick

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A lot of times, people complain about how books and stories change when they're translated to the screen. But I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we're not in a book when we're watching a movie.

~Brian Selznick

Topics: About Because Book Books Change Changes Complain Forget How Lot Made Movie People Screen Sometimes Stories Think Times Times People Translated Watching I Think

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It's fun to see how other artists adapt my work.

~Brian Selznick

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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

Topics: Definitely Kid Like Liked Lot Magic Monsters Movies Museums Now Reason Some Start Still Things Think Work

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Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or how the characters work. I'm trying to make the best story I possibly can.

~Brian Selznick

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: July 14th, 1966

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