I find teaching - I like it, but I find just walking into the classroom and facing the students very difficult.

Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.

Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.

If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.

Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized.

There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish.

My stories are sometimes closer to poems or meditations, but often there is at least a little narrative in them.

Art is not in some far-off place.

Work hard and meticulously. When in trouble, look closely at a text that is a good example of what you're trying to do. And be patient.

I'm a fierce editor! I don't edit out things that I began by saying, usually. The editing is on the micro level - a comma here, a word there.

I do see an interest in writing for Twitter. While publishers still do love the novel and people do still like to sink into one, the very quick form is appealing because of the pace of life.

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.

God, what is it like to be You and hear all those people all the time everywhere, begging, imploring, calling out for anything and anyone?

The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.

I feel like I need to start wearing a T-shirt saying 'This is not a photo opportunity'. People are so lovely but you do find that when you're out you spend 40% of your time posing for photographs.

A kid's emotions and personality are just as important as I.Q.

I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.

It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

It often happens that when couples get their relationship to God straightened out, their relationships with one another begin to straighten out as well.

If you’re not hearing the music of the gospel in your home, please remember these two words: keep practicing.