Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

Women invented misery, but we don't understand it.

The desire to avoid short-term hardships leads to major dislocations in [housing] markets.

Taking risks gives me energy.

Men would eat horse droppings, if ye served them wi' butter.

I was a tomboy and any time anyone says something about me being hot, it makes me giggle.

Does killing time damage eternity?

Why are they going to disappear him?' I don't know.' It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.

If you are touched by music you are touched by love in a very pure way.

I think if you do what I want to do creatively, it will also make money for you.

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.