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.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

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.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.