We want to put the kids at ease and focus on the things that they're going to need to get read more

We want to put the kids at ease and focus on the things that they're going to need to get past the falling-down part. Instead of telling them, 'Oh, well, this first day or two is going to be brutal,' the focus is on the things that will really help them.

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.

There are a lot anarchists are out there who see what they're doing as a long-term war against technology. They read more

There are a lot anarchists are out there who see what they're doing as a long-term war against technology. They don't believe in taking credit -- they just want to do damage.

There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind.

There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind.

You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other read more

You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other historic periods where we've cut dramatically the size of the police force, there's been a concomitant increase ... in crime, ... You can't compromise public safety.

It's a very common story. They're two very hard-working parents who have careers. They have aspirations. They're working extremely hard, read more

It's a very common story. They're two very hard-working parents who have careers. They have aspirations. They're working extremely hard, but they have children.

It's been increasingly difficult to buy even a 30-acre piece.

It's been increasingly difficult to buy even a 30-acre piece.

Well, we started about 24 years ago demonstrating corn-husk weaving at the Boone County Conservatory and, well, one thing leads read more

Well, we started about 24 years ago demonstrating corn-husk weaving at the Boone County Conservatory and, well, one thing leads to another.

The big question is what will happen over the next few years,

The big question is what will happen over the next few years,