I don't really know exactly how it happened but I don't like the idea that I would ever have said I'm going to write about racism or puberty or bullying.

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.

The desire to be nice to everyone and please everyone and the inability to firmly say no is what destroys believers most of all

I can lend you my money not my books.

If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

I think Ted Cruz is a very mean-spirited guy. You can see it from how the Republican Party responds to him.

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.

Future is an unknown country which requires tough visas for anyone to enter. Not all of us will get the chance to visit it.

SM is an art. Doing it well requires more than a bag full of expensive whips and exotic electrical toys, a closet full of fetish clothes, or a basement filled with bondage furniture.

I'm writing my biography. It's my business. This is what happened in my life, and I'm writing about it.

When you go on stage and it's your show, you don't really have to work that hard to win that audience because you've already won them.