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. -Chris Van Allsburg Imagination
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 Christmas
The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves. -Chris Van Allsburg Teacher
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 Imagination
