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.

That was funny, ... I started laughing immediately. It's always been fun coming to BU and playing here. So, to read more

That was funny, ... I started laughing immediately. It's always been fun coming to BU and playing here. So, to do it now and have those fans behind me one more time, it was pretty fun.

After 30 years of devastation, we are starting from nothing and any move such as this helps the reconstruction of read more

After 30 years of devastation, we are starting from nothing and any move such as this helps the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

We want honest, sincere and intensive cooperation in tackling the Taliban and terrorism coming into Afghanistan.

We want honest, sincere and intensive cooperation in tackling the Taliban and terrorism coming into Afghanistan.

There was the whole transition thing, me being the new guy. You know, you win and your everybody's friend. You read more

There was the whole transition thing, me being the new guy. You know, you win and your everybody's friend. You lose, and it's all your fault. I'm glad I'm on the good end of things. I could've been the sacrificial lamb.

There are those who have burned schools and killed doctors, nurses and many other innocent Afghans.

There are those who have burned schools and killed doctors, nurses and many other innocent Afghans.

We are talking about patterns of behavior. What is striking about this is that it suggests that the rate (of read more

We are talking about patterns of behavior. What is striking about this is that it suggests that the rate (of disorders) in these much younger children, aged 2-5, are not very different from what they will be in children of 9 or 14.

In the early 70s a lot of these (sites) were closed by the state and capped.

In the early 70s a lot of these (sites) were closed by the state and capped.

We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last read more

We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last year for 2005.