“Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outd...” — Ann Bancroft Quote

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

I have an opportunity now with some of the projects I've done, i.e. the North Pole and the South Pole, to speak to a larger audience and talk about things that have nothing to do with physical education or special ed.

I have a whole, you know, pocket full of dreams I want to achieve. I don't know in which order they're going to fall.

My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me how to rappel off the frozen waterfall in our backyard.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

I decided to take my foot off the pedal with all the detail. I'm sure after 'Animalia' and 'The Eleventh Hour,' readers thought that's what to expect from Graeme Base. With 'The Sign of the Seahorse,' I took a step away from the puzzle-book genre - that was more of an adventure story.

To have Judas Priest together? It's a real adventure, and we always feel excited when it's time to create a new record.

Architects always have a feel for time - the generation they live in - as we do, and they are always striving toward boundless adventure.

For my brother and me, there would be no 'Field of Dreams'-like playing catch, no nature lessons with our old man. Instead, it would be a darkened theater, the projector light coming on, and a new adventure unfolding.