I Take My Ideas From

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?

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.

My Ideas Are Not Meant To Suggest Dreams Or Reality, But A Surreal Quality.

I Write For What's Left Of The Eight-year-old Still Rattling Around Inside My Head

Its Not Bad To Be Different. Sometimes It's The Mark Of Being Very Very Talented.