Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

If today was a flavor it would taste like beige...

No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.

I opened up a frozen-yogurt business out of college. I didnt finish college; I went halfway, and then I worked for Joel Silver, the producer, as a driver for a year.

I think it's every artist's dream to create something that will endure, something that people will listen to until there are no more people on earth to listen to things.

I think hiphop is a beautiful thing and I embody it and I'm going to live it and I'm going to represent it until the day I leave this earth, because I represent everything positive about hiphop.

I may be a mistake maker, but I'm also a mistake breaker.

Lose yourself in nature and find peace

It's fun when you're winning and performing well, but it's also hard because now you get older, you got responsibilities.

What matters to me more than anything is that when all of this is over, football is the winner.

Strugglin' and striving, that's how the dough come.