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.

Every town needs a place to gather. We hope that this is just the beginning in terms of what the read more

Every town needs a place to gather. We hope that this is just the beginning in terms of what the park has to offer.

It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.

It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.

Law is a bottomless pit.

Law is a bottomless pit.

Half the companies that raised venture money in 2005 won't be able to raise money in 2006.

Half the companies that raised venture money in 2005 won't be able to raise money in 2006.

In places like Ford County, Piatt, Douglas and DeWitt counties, (agriculture) is a large economic driver.

In places like Ford County, Piatt, Douglas and DeWitt counties, (agriculture) is a large economic driver.

I'll talk with trainers, doctors, coaches, but I'm looking to play.

I'll talk with trainers, doctors, coaches, but I'm looking to play.

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon

I think we've made a lot of really great progress moving things along.

I think we've made a lot of really great progress moving things along.