Brian Selznick Quotes

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?

Brian Selznick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfMovingThinkFeelingWant

Usually the first problems you solve with the new paradigm are the ones that were unsolvable with the old paradigm.

Joel A. Barker

ProblemsYouNewOldFirstParadigm

My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.

Jeff Bridges

FatherTeacherBrotherMentorActing

We think that life develops spontaneously on Earth, so it must be possible for life to develop on suitable planets elsewhere in the universe. But we don't know the probability that a planet develops life.

Stephen Hawking

LifeThinkUniverseEarthPossible

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

MonumentsAlwaysComeSaveHandy

The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character.

Tom Selleck

CharacterLandLikeCentralReally

The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish.

Tom Douglas

WashingtonUsGiveWashington State

I loved to read and would read anything that roused my interest, whether it was below my age level or above it, even if I could barely make sense of it.

Mary Gaitskill

AgeLovedAnythingLevelAboveEven

I've always had a little bit of darkness, and I've always been someone who was grieving. I had kind of had a tumultuous upbringing living in an abusive home, so for me, writing has always been a point of catharsis.

Mary Lambert

HomeDarknessMeWritingSomeone

We have to have each other's back. That's just football. That's how it's been since we were younger. Before you learn technique and scheme when you're a little kid, you're out there scrapping.

Mike Daniels

FootballLearnYouBackKidOut

There is a giant gulf between doing something and doing nothing. And someone who makes a lolcat and uploads it - even if only to crack their friends up - has already crossed that chasm to doing something. That's the sea change, and you can see it even with the cute cats.

Clay Shirky

ChangeSeaCuteCatsSomeoneDoing

In high school, everyone told me I had a great personality and sense of humor, but I wanted to be the girl who boys liked because she was pretty on top of being funny. I was boy crazy.

Ari Graynor

FunnyGirlGreatHumorPersonality

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Plato

MeActionThinkNationAlwaysCurse

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