Brian Selznick Quotes

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.

Brian Selznick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SchoolDesignIntentionIslandNever

Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; that's what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which is written down and stored in an archive.

Jill Lepore

HistoryGenerationMouthDownSay

The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First.

John Sergeant Wise

SonPeopleNameAmericanOldFirst

You walk into any supermarket or any shopping mall and ask the public what they are worried about. Not one of them will tell you they are worried about 12 years of Mitt Romney's tax returns.

John Sununu

WalkShoppingYouTaxWillAsk

I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I'm glad that I did it.

Tom Glazer

PoetryFriendsSeriousSpecialOver

The country life near Manchester I really love.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

LifeLoveCountryManchesterReally

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence.

Jules Verne

SeaExistenceWonderfulOnly

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I didn't know.

Dolly Parton

GirlKnowAlwaysLittleStarBeing

There are some geologists involved with prospecting for oil and other hidden resources who can pick up a rock and say, 'Yes, there's oil under there.' A geologist who has been studying those kinds of rocks for 10 or 20 years is able to make that pronouncement.

Christopher Alexander

RocksSayRockOilHiddenResources

I never really knew what to do with my hair to begin with. When I was fat, I had incredibly long, unkempt hair. And there was kind of a poetic justice to losing something I was hiding behind.

Corey Stoll

JusticeLosingHairFatLongKind

I love the Internet. I love my mobile devices. I love the fact that they mean that whoever chooses to will be able to watch this talk far beyond this auditorium.

Chrystia Freeland

LoveInternetWillBeyondTalkMean

I enjoy being out with the fans, I enjoy talking baseball, but to get up and tell my life story... I'm not comfortable doing that.

Bruce Sutter

LifeBaseballStoryMy LifeTalking

Until the courts put a stop to it, public debate over same-sex marriage displayed American democracy at its best. Individuals on both sides of the issue passionately, but respectfully, attempted to persuade their fellow citizens to accept their views.

Antonin Scalia

MarriageBestDemocracyAmerican

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