If you don't use your own imagination, somebody else is going to use it for you.

The law of mosaics: how to deal with parts in the absence of wholes.

The big picture is that there is no big picture. That's why we keep painting it.

People read fiction... to learn something about how to live their lives.

Use your imagination, " I tell my students these days, "or someone else is going to use it for you.

I want to write a book like a cloud that changes as it goes.

Never let the story beat you home.

There is at least one thing more brutal than the truth and that is the consequence of saying less than the truth.

Education begins at home. You can't blame the school for not putting into your child what you don't put into him.

To never aspire to excellence means to never fully comprehend the amount of work required to achieve it.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

Let my love open the door To yourheart.

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt: We called the chess-board white-we call it black.

Many people hold me ultimately responsible toward the actions and reputation of the global football community. I cannot monitor everyone all of the time.

The tone is in your fingers, not in your amp or effects.

I prefer the retro chic of spending Christmas just like Joseph and Mary did - Traveling arduously back to the place of your birth to be counted, with no guarantee of a bed when you get there.