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.

In that moment, the machinery of the world lined up. Somewhere a clock struck midnight, and Hugo's future seemed to fall perfectly into place.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

The idea of going to the movies made Hugo remember something Father had once told him about going to the movies when he was just a boy, when the movies were new. Hugo's father had stepped into a dark room, and on a white screen he had seen a rocket fly right into the eye of the man in the moon. Father said he had never experienced anything like it. It had been like seeing his dreams in the middle of the day.

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.