Traditionally, the love of reading has been born and nurtured in high school English class

Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.

All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.

Reading was like eating alone, with that same element of bingeing.

When we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.

What I love is how pissed off Jane Eyre is. She's in a rage for the whole novel and the payoff is she gets to marry this blind guy who's toasted his wife in the attic." -Angela Argo "Blue Angel

A lot of girls who turn into something remarkable start off as irrepressible, confident and a handful.

Like seeing a photograph of yourself as a child, encountering handwriting that you know was once yours but that now seems only dimly familiar can inspire a confrontation with the mystery of time.

We never believe we're beautiful, no matter how many times we hear it. We never believe it until someone says it in the right way.

I’ve always found that the better the book I’m reading, the smarter I feel, or, at least, the more able I am to imagine that I might, someday, become smarter.

I know a lot of Eastern Europeans, and because of what they have been through and what they have seen, they have an attitude where they are not easily fooled.

The headlines are never in the news! And so, what I am saying is the news is never on the headlines

You are the biggest threat to your emotional and physical health if you don't set aside time for relaxation, joy, and personal growth.

Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary.

I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.

Most of the difficult things in golf are mental, not physical. Are subjective, not objective. Are the created phantasms of the mind, not the veritable realities of the course.

There's a phrase we live by in America: "In God We Trust". It's right there where Jesus would want it: on our money.

So - whatever happened to you?' 'Life. Life happened.

I was assigned boy at birth but I have always known I was a girl.

Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere

You can't kill me, I've got a magic... AAAARGH !