Polar Express Quotes

• The Polar Express began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?

  Chris Van Allsburg

  Boys, Ideas, What If

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• The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the storys narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.

  Chris Van Allsburg

  Book, Writing, Effort

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• At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.

  Chris Van Allsburg

  Christmas, Sweet, Life Changing

  Chris Van Allsburg (1985). “The Polar Express”

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• The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.

  Chris Van Allsburg

  Children, Imagination, Magic

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• Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe.

  Chris Van Allsburg

  Believe, Doe, Bells

  Chris Van Allsburg (1985). “The Polar Express”

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• The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!

  Will Ferrell

  Christmas, Cheer, Singing

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• Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

  Leonard Maltin

  Technology, Film, Animation

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• At the heart of every really good Christmas movie is the threat, I suppose, to Christmas. Something is wrong with Christmas, in all of these movies. In 'The Polar Express,' there's a kid that doesn't really believe, and that's the threat to Christmas. In 'Santa Claus: The Movie,' jealousy and greed are threatening to overrun his Christmas.

  James McAvoy

  Believe, Kids, Heart

  "James McAvoy Taks ARTHUR CHRISTMAS, Danny Boyle’s TRANCE, the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Sequel, Showtime’s SHAMELESS, FILTH and More". Intrview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 19, 2011.

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