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.

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.

Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders.

My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward.

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.

I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an illustrator and didn't take any classes in illustration there. It was just that the illustration degree had no requirements.

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.