The fish will be the last to discover water.

The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.

We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us.

"Thinking about thinking" has to be a principle ingredient of any empowering practice of education.

Being able to "go beyond the information" given to "figure things out" is one of the few untarnishable joys of life.

The foundations of any subject may be taught to anybody at any age in some form.

We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.

In reference to right answers - Knowing is a process, not a product.

Good teaching is forever being on the cutting edge of a child's competence.

Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.

When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.

It's overwhelming. I feel as if I am living in an illusion a dream where all things are possible. Amazing things do happen I know but always to someone else always in some far off place and time.

It's really fun to watch yourself disappear in the movie every day.

We are not one people. We are two peoples. We are a people for Freedom and a people for Slavery. Between the two, conflict is inevitable.

If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.

Yeah, I still feel as if I have things to do really. I'm not ready to stop.

When it comes to guys, make sure you are treated like a princess, always.

I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.

I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target.