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.

I Think From An Early Age I Was Aware Of How A Camera Can Tell A Story, How A Movie Camera Can Affect How The Narrative Is Told.

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.

Like A Mermaid Rising From An Ocean Of Paper, The Girl Emerged Across The Room.

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.