At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Don't be a fool, there is no such thing as just a girl.

There are two MFA programs here at the University of Texas, and I read on the jury of both of them. And it's amazing to me how many really talented young writers seem to fear humor.

I think people associate genre and music style with creativity, but it's all creativity regardless of what pipeline it comes down.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

There's nothing a well-regulated child hates so much as regularity. I believe a really healthy boy would thoroughly enjoy Greek Grammar--if only he might stand on his head to learn it!

It's one thing to be a high achiever; it's quite another to privately sneer at your girlfriend's friends after feigning friendliness because they have the "misfortune" to drive a bus for a living.

God draws no distinction between Himself and us. God opens up the union of the very godhead (Trinity), and brings us into it.

Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.

I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.