I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.

A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.

Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.

Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.

It's the family you choose that counts.

How you get to know is what I want to know.

It's filled with magic that's how I know if something's real.

Stubbornness leads to strong will.

The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.

I didn't want to be a priest. I wanted to do the work that priests do, and that required becoming a priest.

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage.

I've never been on a film when an entire cast signs up for the entire time.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

What can realistically be done depends on the historical moment. The same is true with regard to the agents.

I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.