title: Create a list from string, in Python 3.3
body: <p>I have a string like this (with n number of elements):</p>
  
  <pre><code>input = 'John, 16, random_word, 1, 6, ...'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I convert it to a list like this? I would like ',' to be a separator.</p>
  
  <pre><code>output = [John, 16, random_word, 1, 6, ...]
  </code></pre>