It's Fun To See How Other Artists

I Love Illustrating For Other Writers Because I Am Given Stories I Never Would Have Thought Of, And My Work As An Illustrator Is Always In Support Of The Story.

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.

You Can Make Up Your Own Story When You Look At A Photo.

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.

Ben Remembered Reading About Curators In "wonderstruck", And Thought About What Id Meant To Curate Your Own Life, As His Dad Had Done Here. What Would It Be Like To Pick And Choose The Objects And Stories That Would Go In Your Own Cabinet? How Would Ben Curate His Own Life? And Then, Thinking About His Museum Box, And His House, And His Books, And The Secret Room, He Realized He'd Already Begun Doing It. Maybe, Thought Ben, We Are All Cabinets Of Wonders.