Brian Selznick Quotes

What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is happening that cannot be explained unless you are the clockmaker.

Brian Selznick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 14, 1966

Topics

MeLookingYouPersonClockMagical

I'm a child of the literary bent. I don't want to see 140 characters. I want to see a story.

Joanne Kelly

ChildStoryWantSeeCharacters

There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without any thought at all as to any misinterpretations.

Jock Sturges

ThoughtNowWithoutTakeWouldAny

Writing 'The Noonday Demon' turned me into a professional depressive, which is a weird thing to be. A class at the university I attended assigns the book and invited me to be a guest lecturer.

Andrew Solomon

MeWritingBookWeirdProfessional

Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

John Lithgow

TimeYouUpBugLike

I was opposed to the government telling me how to practice medicine when I was a doctor.

Robert J. Bentley

GovernmentPracticeMeMedicineHow

After I had my baby, I reprioritized my life in general. I really wanted to play characters that gave me a different kind of fulfillment. That is a difficult thing to find, especially as an actress.

Anna Faris

LifeMeBabyMy LifeFindPlay

You can't help but have your children and your family be part of what you dream about when you dream up a song.

Stone Gossard

FamilyChildrenSongHelpYouDream

I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since 2005. I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.

Tony Fadell

WaterConstructionBuildingEnergy

I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies.

Mike Stoller

My OwnBecomeWriteOwnSongsToo

Everything I do is a learning experience. It's still fun to me because I grow with every project and every song.

Jay Park

LearningExperienceFunMeSong

The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May 2003. Release procedures got under way immediately; reducing the population from 8,000 to just over 300, of course, requires fewer military police soldiers.

Janis Karpinski

PoliceWarEndWayMilitaryOver

On our Web site, we have people complaining about us not playing new stuff. But there's so many classic Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, you can't go out and just do a bunch of new things.

Johnny Van Zant

New ThingsPeopleYouGoComplaining

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