Brian Selznick Quotes

I guess I see a part of myself in everyone I write about. I tend to write about kids who are obsessed with something, and even though I have never been good with machines the way Hugo is, I did love miniature things when I was a kid.

Brian Selznick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

Andre Gide

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John Williams is, without question, talented. He writes very good scores and very good melodies and all that.

Andre Previn

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Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of doing it because you want the adults to be approving of you. You want to make them happy.

Anna Chlumsky

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London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other.

Jeanette Winterson

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Nobody leaves a hotel without getting a full measure of three months of rental assistance. So no one has been evicted - no one who's eligible has been evicted from a hotel without getting a significant amount of money to find - to pay for their rent.

Michael Chertoff

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As a global carrier, we always have a positive view on investment in infrastructure that supports our industry.

Soren Skou

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I told Monster the other day, I'm a racer's racer. This is what I truly love to do.

Robby Gordon

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We all know there are problems with Obamacare, and Washington's implementation of it has been abysmal. But rejecting Medicaid won't fix any of those things.

Jay Nixon

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In the wake of 9/11, we were desperate to bring those responsible for the brutal attacks to justice. But even that urgency did not justify torture. The United States must be held to a higher standard than our enemies, yet some of our actions did not clear that bar.

Dianne Feinstein

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I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in the fabric.

Dick Gregory

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Words have life and must be cared for. If they are stolen for ugly uses or careless slang or false promotion work, they need to be brought back to their original meaning - back to their roots.

Corita Kent

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