Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and dappled with light.

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.

To question reason is to trust it.

Anger may not have been derived from the Hindi word 'angaar' meaning Fire...however coincidentally both are equally destructive.

Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.

Happiness is the moment when one doesn't feel pain.

My dads my best mate, and he always will be.

The young writer should learn to spot them: words that at first glance seem freighted with delicious meaning, but that soon burst in the air, leaving nothing but a memory of bright sound.

Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors.

Usually when you hire more engineers, you actually don't get that much more done, you actually sometimes get less done.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

We all harbour a great sadness in our soul