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.
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.
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.
As Much As I'd Like To Meet The Tooth Fairy On An Evening Walk, I Don't Really Believe It Can Happen.
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.
I Think Most People Agree There Is A Component Of Skill In Art Making; You Have To Learn Grammar Before You Learn How To Write.
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.
