I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.

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.

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

The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift. A world that might have Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster is clearly superior to one that definitely does not.

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

An award does not change the quality of a book.

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the storys narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.