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.

Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath read more

Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath of the middle of Israeli politics there are going to be innumerable theories of what he might have done.

I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals.

I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals.

As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.

As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.

I just hope that teams realize my foot injury really hampered me. Playing in the SEC, you've got to be read more

I just hope that teams realize my foot injury really hampered me. Playing in the SEC, you've got to be fast -- and I'm faster than 4.5.

He loves college football; his heart is in it. He wants the Buffs to win - you can feel it read more

He loves college football; his heart is in it. He wants the Buffs to win - you can feel it - but he's a pro. He knows where to draw that line in his broadcasts. He calls the games as they should be called.

I had fun with it, ... I've been called everything from his grandson to his great-nephew.

I had fun with it, ... I've been called everything from his grandson to his great-nephew.

The actual cells that we transplanted, the human cells, are the ones that are making myelin. We're extremely excited about read more

The actual cells that we transplanted, the human cells, are the ones that are making myelin. We're extremely excited about these cells.

It left us with a flawed system where they try to get there first and they challenge patents even if read more

It left us with a flawed system where they try to get there first and they challenge patents even if they feel they're not going to win. The system is broken.