My House Had Suddenly Turned Into A

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.

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 Can Draw Pencil Lines To Show Something Is Moving, But If I'm Writing, I Struggle With How To Write It. The Boy Ran Down The Hallway? The Boy Ran Quickly Down The Hallway? The Boy Ran Down The Marble Hallway? I Agonize Over The Words. So My Editor Works Very Hard. I'm Lucky To Have Her.

Fairy Tales Only Happen In Movies." -george Melies From The Invention Of Hugo Cabret

As I Look Out At All Of You Gathered Here, I Want To Say That I Don't See A Room Full Of Parisians In Top Hats And Diamonds And Silk Dresses. I Don't See Bankers And Housewives And Store Clerks. No. I Address You All Tonight As You Truly Are: Wizards, Mermaids, Travelers, Adventurers, And Magicians. You Are The True Dreamers.