I really think being at home helped. This is a big part of the season, with a lot of home read more

I really think being at home helped. This is a big part of the season, with a lot of home games coming up. It feels good to come home.

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.

If we get out in the open court, there's some unbelievable things the girls have done this year.

If we get out in the open court, there's some unbelievable things the girls have done this year.

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for read more

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody.

But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody.

That's unusual. We don't just miss and miss free throws.

That's unusual. We don't just miss and miss free throws.

I had to have this purse. It was shaped like a big saddle with stirrups and everything.

I had to have this purse. It was shaped like a big saddle with stirrups and everything.

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.