I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

When we hesitate to change on time, we predispose ourselves to miss the boat that would take us to our envious future...

To an optimist loneliness is freedom, to all others it is prison.

She taught me that the nighttime, Is when the stars tend to thrive.

It's a compliment to me to hear you screaming.

Only one music comes out of me.

All griefes with bread are lesse.

It seems to be the sense that once you throw guys in prison they're not going to come out. No, they're going to come out and, you know, what kind of beast have you created from that process?

She chased after her dream with much desire, but when she got to close to her expectations, well the dream burned up like paper in fire.

I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980

The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to be famous or the intent to be great doesn't matter in the end. Just what comes out.