Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else.

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

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?

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.

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 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.

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.