I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.

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.

This pain you are avoiding is a very necessary pain that will make you strong again.

For nothing is evil in the beginning.

Men habitually use only a small part of the powers which they possess and which they might use under appropriate circumstances.

I feel responsible; I feel I've got to do something that will leave the kids a place where they can live healthy, safe, productive, creative and prosperous lives.

In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

Email says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS.

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

What you did in the past is how you got to today. What you do today is how you will get to the future.

Sometimes a person has to stop talking about art for a moment and take a look around.

Any attempt at understanding humanity must include an explanation of the hold that supernatural belief continues to have on most of the human race.