Top 59 Quotes by Chris Van Allsburg

About Chris Van Allsburg

These are some quotes by American author Chris Van Allsburg Author, who was born on June 18, 1949.

The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never mind write.

The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never mind write.

Chris Van Allsburg

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

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

Chris Van Allsburg

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.

Chris Van Allsburg

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

Chris Van Allsburg

It was the case for a number of years that I was doing a book a year, but that was back when I was part-time teaching - and since 1991, I've been a parent, so that cuts into the time!

It was the case for a number of years that I was doing a book a year, but that was back when I was part-time teaching - and since 1991, I've been a parent, so that cuts into the time!

Chris Van Allsburg

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

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

Chris Van Allsburg

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.

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

I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'

I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'

Chris Van Allsburg

Brainstorming, for me, takes place in my bed at night between the time I turn out my lights and I finally fall asleep. It is not a very violent storm, but what's happening is I am just thinking about different ideas and maybe things I've seen that day that I think might make a good story.

Chris Van Allsburg

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