I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.

Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

When I began to read, I began to exist

Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.

We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.

Reading is not optional.

I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

Think about all the tomorrows of your life.

We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.

It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken

Life’s harrowing echo only to be faded into exiled loneliness

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief.

No holiday is ever anything but a disappointment.

A human being is all hope and impatience.

You cannot imagine how great it is to step out on the stage with thousands of screaming fans loving you.

As a label, you have to treat every group and every record as a unique entity. I think that that has been our success, rather than relying upon a fan base.

In college, I had a big fixation with Southern Gothic literature. Flannery O'Connor, I read every word she's ever written.

Cultures are made of continuities and changes, and the identity of a society can survive through these changes. Societies without change aren't authentic; they're just dead

Choosing a path means having to miss out on others

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