The Polar Express Began With The Idea

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.

There Was A Great Deal Of Peer Recognition To Be Gained In Elementary School By Being Able To Draw Well. One Girl Could Draw Horses So Well, She Was Looked Upon As A Kind Of Sorceress.

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.

At First, I See Pictures Of A Story In My Mind. Then Creating The Story Comes From Asking Questions Of Myself. I Guess You Might Call It The 'what If - What Then' Approach To Writing And Illustration.

Your House Is All About Routine, Not The Unexpected Events Of Your Life.