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.

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

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.

I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.

Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now.

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

I guess I see a part of myself in everyone I write about. I tend to write about kids who are obsessed with something, and even though I have never been good with machines the way Hugo is, I did love miniature things when I was a kid.