Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them and to let their kids see them reading books for their own pleasure.

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.

Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now.

The only priceless institution that can make you succeed is your mind

The United States' credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States.

Never assume that habitual silence means ability in reserve.

In the past few years I have begun the process of becoming a new man.

I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.

When I go into the studio, I'm strictly for business... I don't like any fooling around in the studio.

Country music is not a formula it's a music with its own soul and I'm all about saving that soul!

Let the dream unroll itself to its very end. You cannot help it. But you can look at the dream as a dream, refuse it the stamp of reality.

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter.