- Evening
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Extraordinary
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Alive
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- Nov 07, 2020
The general effect of viewing 'Jumanji' is thrilling. I was able to see on film a thing that at one point had only existed in my imagination. I got to see the images from my book come alive.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am never really surprised at the way my books take shape. They are just not as perfect as I'd like them to be.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that there will be many things that happen to me in my life that I will not be able to explain. Some of those might be magic. I'm not sure.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020