Quotes from David Macaulay

I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.

If you are lucky enough to be successful, you get drawn further in and you stop paying attention to the stuff that matters.

These amazing and often indispensable systems work so well and so quietly that we tend to be unaware of their existence.

I'm a big fan of the digestive system.

I'm just looking for projects I enjoy.

I've never thought about the ages of my readers.

For some time now, I have been encouraging people to ask themselves why things look the way they do.

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.