Well, Everything Surprises Me About The Writing

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 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.

The Idea Of Going To The Movies Made Hugo Remember Something Father Had Once Told Him About Going To The Movies When He Was Just A Boy, When The Movies Were New. Hugo's Father Had Stepped Into A Dark Room, And On A White Screen He Had Seen A Rocket Fly Right Into The Eye Of The Man In The Moon. Father Said He Had Never Experienced Anything Like It. It Had Been Like Seeing His Dreams In The Middle Of The Day.

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