Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe.

My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.

I don't think ordinary things are very interesting, so I try to imagine a world that is less ordinary.

I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.

The Polar Express began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.