I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much.

Try to remember that being unsuccessful in school doesn't automatically mean you'll be unsuccessful in life. Lots of people who didn't excel in school still went on to have successful lives.

A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing.

Nothing prevents boredom like a good book.

Encourage kids to be creative without worrying about being perfect.

Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.

Having a sense of fun in books is a huge, huge deal, because a lot of times kids - even me when I got to third or fourth grade - don't associate reading with fun.

I had a lot of reading problems growing up.

My books are just pure escapism for kids.

My reading preferences are kind of all over the board - I read nonfiction, I read graphic novels.

Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!

With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others.

People now tell me it's a good thing I stayed away from teen films. Well, it wasn't my choice. I wasn't hired.

Exposure and attention make a work famous - the more you talk about it, the more attention it gets, the more validity it achieves.

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves.

It was a dream come true performing with her and just being on the same record. So in my eyes, she was the epitome of a great voice and for us to share together was awesome.

To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.

Trust is the glue that holds relationships together.