I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, you have to read this, you have to read this."

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.

And Hillary Clinton is going to do nothing for the African- American worker, the Latino worker.

We've been living under outdated immigration rules from decades ago. They're decades and decades old.

You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

The most unbelievable thing about my behaviour is that I was convinced it was entirely f**king normal.

The fact that people are poor or discriminated against doesn't necessarily endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or compassion.

If a person hides the truth or says something fake on variety shows or interviews, it will still be found out no matter how careful they are.

And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.