“The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.” Quote by Jan Brett
“Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.” CareersPreparedDefiningInfluential Author:Claire Danes
“Fairy dust is very useful. I use it to turn oatmeal into cake.” UseTurnsDustFairyCakeOatmealFairy Dust Author:David Shannon
“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.” WellsKindAbleSchoolGirlDealsDrawsHorseRecognitionPeersElementary SchoolSorceress Author:Chris Van Allsburg
“I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.” AsksBoxesAsk MeBreakfastWheatCereal Author:Chris Van Allsburg
“I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head” WritingYearsStillsLeftEight Author:Chris Van Allsburg
“The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the storys narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.” WritingBookStoriesRememberFeltEffortCreativeFindingsTrainI RealizedRecollectionManuscriptsPicture BooksNarratorsNorth PolePolar Express Author:Chris Van Allsburg
“The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me” IdeasHappeningsOrdinaryExtraordinaryFascinating Author:Chris Van Allsburg
“Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.” ThinkingFeelsArtArtistClaimsPraiseRelevantIrrelevantMeasuring Author:Chris Van Allsburg
