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 Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.

Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to having yielded to these pressures.

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

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

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

its not bad to be different. Sometimes it's the mark of being very very talented.