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 story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.
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It was a great season and a great game. It's a shame that someone had to lose this game and read more
It was a great season and a great game. It's a shame that someone had to lose this game and it's going to hurt these kids for a while, but a month from now, we'll be celebrating what we did.
[And now that he's graduated to hardcover and 11-city book tour status, he's found there's a real advantage to the read more
[And now that he's graduated to hardcover and 11-city book tour status, he's found there's a real advantage to the standalone novels that Dutton suggested he write.] You can explore broader themes in a standalone novel, ... You can put your character through much greater levels of hell.
Murals were very popular then and the idea was pretty well received.
Murals were very popular then and the idea was pretty well received.
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.
I figured, if they're going to do that, ... I'd throw in a surge, too.
I figured, if they're going to do that, ... I'd throw in a surge, too.
That scared a lot of people and they sold their units cheaply.
That scared a lot of people and they sold their units cheaply.
He's worth at least $2 million, but probably a great deal more.
He's worth at least $2 million, but probably a great deal more.
It wouldn't be unthinkable that he would chase her out with a baseball bat,
It wouldn't be unthinkable that he would chase her out with a baseball bat,
Everyone was encouraging to each other. It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a tryout read more
Everyone was encouraging to each other. It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a tryout or anything. I'd played against a lot of the guys at the Combine, so we all kind of had a mutual respect.
