Students need to be reminded that revision isn't merely making a few cosmetic changes. Revision is seeing and then reseeing our words and practicing strategies that make a difference in our writing.

Good writing is good writing no matter what genre you're writing in, and I believe that there are only a handful of fundamental craft tools that are essential for any genre-including nonfiction.

Living for your purposes warrants eternal blessings

At some point, human intelligence became collective and cumulative in a way that happened to no other animal.

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

Accessories are key - nothing beats a cool Panama hat or statement shades - look to Maison Michel or Miu Miu for inspiration.

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

The Foreign Office knows no secrets.

I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it because you needed it.

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear.

I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere.