Chris Van Allsburg

The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.

Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's position.

I am never really surprised at the way my books take shape. They are just not as perfect as I'd like them to be.

The computer is a tool, just like pencil or charcoal, allowing illustrators to manipulate images from their sketchbooks.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.

It's true - women want the fantasy. So give them romance - but without the desperation, wondering, and waiting you see in the movies.