I never want to be a role model.

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.

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

If you can see it, you can achieve it. God helps those who helps themselves. Power is in the act of humility.

We lie to God in prayer if we do not rely on him afterwards.

Those who think clean thoughts do not do dirty deeds.

It is the studying that you do after your school days that really counts. Otherwise, you know only that which everyone else knows.

One of the things that we love most about our comedy [ American Reunion] is that it goes all-out.

I'm a high school teacher. I'm someone who stumbles my way through, leads with my chin in some cases, leads with my heart in all cases.

Each of us, having received several hundred dollars, we passed the time gloriously, spending our money freely - never thinking that our lives were risked gaining it.

I'm believing that miracles and blessings still exist.

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior