My longest love affair: with a book.

Books gave us a way to shape ourselves - to form our thoughts and to signal to each other who we were and who we wanted to be. They were part of our self-fashioning, no less than our clothes.

The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that.

A book may not tell us exactly how to live our own lives, but our own lives can teach us how to read a book.

My master's degree was in journalism, but everything important I ever learned about being a journalist I learned on the job.

I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something.

I'm not a policy expert - I am only arguing that there is more to an education than an economic ticket.

Best qualification for an aspiring journalist is curiosity.

It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence.

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

There is nothing to encourage. The Iranians should just stay away from us.

You, who were made by Love, made for love-- be still and know and watch love come down.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

Whether men lie, or say true, it is with one and the same object.

We make needless ado about capital punishment,--taking lives, when there is no life to take.

What users want is convenience and results.

It's really easy to complain. If you're not careful, then you end up complaining about your whole life. Concentrating on the good things is really good. Catch people doing good.

If you want a candidate who is led the fight against Obamacare, who will lift the burdens on small businesses and bring back jobs, I'm the only candidate in the race with that proven record.