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.
Chris Van AllsburgI pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.
Chris Van AllsburgI write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head
Chris Van AllsburgAs much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.
Chris Van Allsburg