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

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.

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?

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

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

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head

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.