Though I’ve Grown Old, The Bell Still

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?

I've Always Thought Of The Book As A Visual Art Form, And It Should Represent A Single Artistic Idea, Which It Does If You Write Your Own Material.

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.

I Take My Ideas From My Experiences.

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.