Chris Van Allsburg

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.

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

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

The 'Station to Station' film is a fast-moving journey through the modern creative landscape. It's a kaleidoscope of voices and impressions rather than a standard linear film.