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.

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.

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.

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.

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do...Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose...it's like you're broken.