The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.

There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.

Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life.

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?

The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me

I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.