Teachers literally break down at the thought that if their students have a bad a test day, their job is on the line.

Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.

I hate to sound like an old fuddy duddy, but the game has changed.

Many people think you shouldn't stop kids from being kids, and I agree, but no one wants the worst case scenario on their hands. Better safe than sorry I say.

Never have one kid in the room with you, and avoid situations that would look suspect to a passerby.

I was taught from a young age that as a teacher, especially a male, you are to never be alone with a female, or even a male student.

These kids know so much these days, and are bigger, stronger and quicker mentally. We just have to find out how to use it for good and not evil.

Kids are great in that they keep you on your toes. They're like a puzzle... in a blender, haha. You have to take the pieces out and try to put it together on the fly.

When you have a great idea, and don't rush it, things can work itself out.

Anytime you have to sacrifice your art, or integrity, it's a bad deal, no matter what they're offering.

If you intend on building a solid career, it's best to not worry about the major label approach. It's a trade-off that most true artists shouldn't have to make.

There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't be said.

The final discovery is the discovery of knowledge.

Good writing is a mirror of the mind where readers can see themselves again and again.

The people we have employed in an undertaking that has turned out badly should be doubly rewarded.

Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.

The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.

Your ethnic or sexual identity, what region of the country you're from, what your class is - those aspects of your identity are not the same as your aesthetic identity.

Sometimes discipline, which means 'to teach,' is confused with criticism. Children-as well as people of all ages-improve behavior from love and encouragement more than from fault-finding.

Experience is real. Painting, which comes out of experience, is real. The world is an illusion.

Leisure is the most challenging responsibility a man can be offered.