I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I don't want to write the same thing over and over again.

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.

Christ asks for a home in your soul, where he can be at rest with you, where he can talk easily to you, where you and he, alone together, can laugh and be silent and be delighted with one another.

There will Be a Moment when Your eyes meet, and everything in the world will be simple again.

Entrepreneur, you're either raising the bar of excellence or, you're exhaling at the bar which is expensive.

Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery.

To be thoroughly conversant with Man’s heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of Despair

The average life expectancy rate in some parts of Glasgow is 54. If you've ever been there, you'll realize that that's maybe a bit long.

I've always had facility with the German accent.

For me, painting means the continuation of dreaming by other means.

The situation is getting worse, and people are losing hope. That despair stokes violence.

Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was that.