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.

I have a plan for an ice arena and I want to let the public know about it.

I have a plan for an ice arena and I want to let the public know about it.

There's no way this bank should be sold at this price because all the information about the business of the read more

There's no way this bank should be sold at this price because all the information about the business of the bank, about the balance sheet, clearly states that this bank should be sold around the 61 to 65 (pound per share) level.

The need is now and now is the time to meet future needs ... My greatest anxiety is getting everything read more

The need is now and now is the time to meet future needs ... My greatest anxiety is getting everything ready at home so I can go tomorrow.

We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read more

We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you can say something, you don't have to explain it.

You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has read more

You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has been threatened with outsourcing, be it Italy, be it Australia, New Zealand, and certainly, Canada,

I kick myself a little bit because I'm always worried. I'm trying to put my insecurities away in the sense read more

I kick myself a little bit because I'm always worried. I'm trying to put my insecurities away in the sense of just letting things take their course.

It's one of the few jobs in which you sign a contract to risk your life on your job.

It's one of the few jobs in which you sign a contract to risk your life on your job.

Everyone's first concern is always the grass or their crops, but trees can suffer too.

Everyone's first concern is always the grass or their crops, but trees can suffer too.