The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going read more

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.

Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.

Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.

Throwing on the side doesn't equate to spring training. There's just not the same intensity. There's nobody with a bat read more

Throwing on the side doesn't equate to spring training. There's just not the same intensity. There's nobody with a bat in his hands telling you that you just made a mistake.

We did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so read more

We did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so you know we gave up a bad goal in the beginning. We have to put ourselves in a better position where we have to defend a lead in the last ten minutes rather than try to come back.

I had A LOT of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before.

I had A LOT of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before.

From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate.

From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate.

I applaud the senator for her efforts, but they are ineffectual and too little. She needs to get real with read more

I applaud the senator for her efforts, but they are ineffectual and too little. She needs to get real with ... the unions and the special interests that listen to her and have them recognize they are destroying jobs and opportunities in the state.

A brownout occurs when you forget what happened until you start hearing about it and then your memory slowly comes read more

A brownout occurs when you forget what happened until you start hearing about it and then your memory slowly comes back.

We definitely tell them it's an option, and it can be a lower-cost option than Part D.

We definitely tell them it's an option, and it can be a lower-cost option than Part D.