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

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

As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

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

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.

The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.

If you don't know where you're going, stop racing to get there. -- from Just Desert by M. T. Anderson