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. Chris Van Allsburg More Quotes by Chris Van Allsburg More Quotes From Chris Van Allsburg 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. Chris Van Allsburg eight christmas years 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. Chris Van Allsburg effort writing book 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. Chris Van Allsburg sky feelings thinking I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat. Chris Van Allsburg cereal wheat breakfast 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. Chris Van Allsburg horse girl school I have lots of ideas. The problem for me has always been which one to do. Chris Van Allsburg problem ideas I take my ideas from my experiences. Chris Van Allsburg ideas Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life. Chris Van Allsburg routine events house There must be something to think about at the end. Chris Van Allsburg ends thinking As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen. Chris Van Allsburg teeth evening believe The whole idea of being mesmerized and not in control of your own actions is fascinating and a little spooky. I remember hearing about someone who'd gone to a magic act, and a person in the audience had become hypnotized by observing too closely what magician was doing on stage, and thought it was spooky to lose your consciousness that way. Chris Van Allsburg control magic remember way A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story. Chris Van Allsburg pictures picture good book I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey. Chris Van Allsburg books like journey travel As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies. Chris Van Allsburg illustrator became writer years I don't know if what kids really want is a hamster. What they want is a dog. So the hamster ends up being a substitute: 'Well, would you accept this?' Chris Van Allsburg know you dog want I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved. Chris Van Allsburg things think difficult forget 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. Chris Van Allsburg see alive imagination book I'm always a bit disappointed when I've finished working on a book. Chris Van Allsburg working always disappointed book 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. Chris Van Allsburg i-am never perfect way 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. Chris Van Allsburg my-life me life believe
