I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter, ' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

our finger prints dont fade from the lives we touch

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?

The truth will make you odd.

Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.

Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.

We must begin where we are and move forward immediately by starting small and capitalizing on what's at hand.

I wake up every morning thinking...this is my last day. And I jam everything into it. There's no time for mediocrity. This is no damned dress rehearsal.

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.

The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.

No fruit has a more precise marked period of maturity, than love; if neglected to be gathered at that time, it will certainly fall to the ground and die away.

Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.

At the end of the day, we're people and we should fight for each other and we should make sure the well-being of each one of us is taken care of.

Every life is a dilemma that must be solved by the person living it.

Let a single complete action, in one place and one day, keep the theatre packed to the last.