Brian Selznick Quotes
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.
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Speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, 'Liespotting,' no one wants to meet me in person anymore - no, no, no, no, no. They say, 'It's okay. We'll email you.' I can't even get a coffee date at Starbucks. My husband's like, 'Honey, deception? Maybe you could have focused on cooking. How about French cooking?'
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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.
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The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.
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There are things that government can do to incentivize the free market to do a better job, yes. But is that a replacement for getting in the way, actively, of the fossil fuel industry and preventing them from destroying our chances of a future on a livable planet? It's not a replacement.
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I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
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But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour.
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
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I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this.
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We tried every single way of giving birth. It didn't work. I wasn't too crazy about having to do a C-section and take all the drugs. Finally, I just had to be like, 'Let it go.'
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The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are her crown of glory. And when these dear children quit her to reap their eternal reward, the mother retains precious memorials of them and holds up their example to her other children to encourage them to follow their glorious traces.
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I don't think there's ever a right time to have kids. I'm actually pretty glad it's happened quite young.
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The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become investment bankers.
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The kids get a vote. That's very important when it comes to raising kids. And always keep the bigger picture in mind.
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I built my entire life on the idea of independence.
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The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.
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One of the biggest challenges for me is that I'm still a human being. I'm a very imperfect human being. I'm very open about the fact that I'm not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else.
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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.
