There's definitely a value in being literate.
From Chris Van Allsburg
They don't send people from large corporations to hire people to make sculptures.
The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never mind write.
As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much.
Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.
'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?'
People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to describe because often they seem to come at the same time. I'm seeing images while I'm thinking of the story.
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.
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?'
My stories are often a little mysterious.
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