A young imagination is bold, likes to make bigger leaps. It likes to, well, imagine that the dustbuster is a dinosaur; that the computer mouse is a hotrod; that the box is a cave; that the rawhide is a torch... or a baton... or something.

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.

Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.

I have a Keurig coffee maker, which is really kind of a luxury. It was given to me by an ex. I realized when I'm feeling sentimental, I'll gently, tenderly press the button. Then when I remember he dumped me, I punch it.

Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.

I still don't know how to cook and that's just unacceptable.

I mean, you're gonna be left behind if you don't appreciate the genius that is Meredith Vieira.