I don't think anything is as magical as a fairy tale experience by a child.

I've always been a morning person, and what I don't get done in the morning I really don't get done at all.

A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give you that shiver. That, "yes, it's never been said quite that way before."

I don't really sit at the computer from scratch. I prefer to get my ideas in my fingers and I write longhand first.

I love to be read to, I love to read aloud and I love to read to children.

I always hesitate to call myself a children's poet, and I always hesitate to call what I write for children poetry. Though a few of the verses that I've written, yes, I think they are truly poems.

Self-reflection is an important stage to diagnose, develop and strengthen your creativity.

If you have a deep desire to move forward, a way is being prepared for you.

A brick can be used to represent the zero probability of this book being any good.

The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.

As elected leaders, we must each recommit ourselves to work together toward putting our country on a prosperous, sustainable path and restoring Americas promise as a land of opportunity.

Everybody is a writer. Everybody uses e-mail and has Facebook pages and tweets.

What is accidented is reality.

I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.

I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are.