I was way too hyperactive to study for long. I would freak out, then crash, then be too tired to read or write. I really should have had less sugar.

One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that.

I'm always working on a few different stories at once, so there's always some really big coffee table book I'm carrying around.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

Yes, I still love 'South Park,' but I also love morning TV now.

I don't think everyone should vote. If you have to be dragged into the polls, carried into the polls and smelling salts have to be used, you probably shouldn't be voting. However, we shouldn't be putting up barriers to voting that target certain groups.

As the great philosopher George Santayana would have said, 'those who cannot remember the past . . . should simply read Jan Van Meter's Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.' Van Meter's greatest hits collection of slogans is the catchiest ever retelling of American history. It's like the greatest minds of Madison Avenue sat down to write a history book. They don't make sound bites like they used to!