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.

We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the read more

We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the last few years. We've had big one-day rallies that didn't really show any sustainability -- so my hope is that the market will hold here.

We're trying to do something different and winning this is just an extra benefit. It was kind of a bummer read more

We're trying to do something different and winning this is just an extra benefit. It was kind of a bummer last year to get DQ for that. Things happen, but that's racing.

The suggestion of establishing this society is profitable for the citizens because it keeps them a way from the greedy read more

The suggestion of establishing this society is profitable for the citizens because it keeps them a way from the greedy merchants in the local markets.

I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T.

I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T.

The first horror film I remember seeing in the theatre was Halloween and from the first scene when the kid read more

The first horror film I remember seeing in the theatre was Halloween and from the first scene when the kid puts on the mask and it is his POV, I was hooked.

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism... .It is understandable why read more

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism... .It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

Parliamentary polls will kick-start the democratic process in Chechnya,

Parliamentary polls will kick-start the democratic process in Chechnya,

It seems there are never enough [left-handed] desks. I have worked here for 30 years and the shortage of left-handed read more

It seems there are never enough [left-handed] desks. I have worked here for 30 years and the shortage of left-handed desks has not been a problem before.