Your house is all about routine, not the unexpected events of your life. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
When somebody says, ‘This must be a children’s book,’ basically they’re saying, ‘You must be a child.’ And so my answer is, ‘Well, yes, I guess I am a child.’ But I don’t think of myself that way. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
I think parents generally know what’s best for their children. But I suppose it’s possible to be overprotective. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
I don’t like to get scared – it’s not one of the emotions I enjoy. So I have to assume that if there are scary things in my books, they aren’t very scary. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
If I’m not working on something, I’m eager to work on something because it’s so gratifying. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote
I’ve heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I’m a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don’t have hubris. Chris Van Allsburg Read Quote