We all learn here by the honorable path of horrible mistakes.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

Secrets are generally terrible. Beauty is not hidden--only ugliness and deformity.

That's what friendship means: sharing the prejudice of experience.

I do not really shop. Most of my clothes I make. I dress simply.

I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.

Hillary Clinton's all talk. It doesn't get done. All you have to do is take a look at her Senate run. Take a look at upstate New York.

Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration

Our only concern should be to keep the fight [for souls] aggressive and to win victory regardless of cost or sacrifice.

Who knows what hellish future lies ahead? ... Actually, I do. I've seen the rehearsals.

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of success with that.

I have to stop crying when I watch "The View". It's not because of the topics at hand, I just feel sorry for that couch.