There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent

Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child.

The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live.

The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world.

When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school.

Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.

I answered that one learns to live, not by hearing of other lives, but by living; for words are infinitely less important than acts.

Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.

I never once went to a prostitute, maybe because so many enthusiastic amateurs were around.

It starts with a crush, it then may turn into love, and hopefully will end up as soulmates.

Your face is engraved in my mind. I can’t erase it. I don’t want to. Because as much as I hate you, I love you. And I love you unforgettably.

Stories are a kind of theme park of mortality. Deadnyland.

It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.

Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying

It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.

We call that runnin' through the okra patch.

I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done.

It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.

I remember as a child listening to comedic musicals and thinking they were a real riot. I had pretty questionable taste in comedy.