Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret

I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

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

If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made.

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.

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.

A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.

It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.

Diana felt she was beginning to understand why, in all those novels she read, the headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be.

I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things?

There is no man so friendless but that he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.

While traveling our separated roads through life, we are also either road signs or potholes on the roads of others.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

Don't ever put anything past kids. They will surprise you in the best ways.

People have a deep need to be legislators, and the idea of autonomy has become very precious.

I love the fact British men act cool whatever the situation so I'm planning to recruit there.