I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you, are much more convincing.

Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required for an adult audience.

Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it.

There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide.

I don't know about them, but I sure am. I'm out for revenge.

Smokin weed on the star projectors, I guess we'll never know what Harvard gets us

The human need for language is not simply for the transmission of meaning, it is at the same time listening to and affirming a person's existence.

I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.

Who are you wearing? Who are you wearing?

The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process.

Like tornadoes and cold sores, good work happens with total disregard to whether I'm 'into it.'

The idea is that it will tell you where the importance lies, because it will be able to show you what impacts you in your everyday life.