When was the last time someone was so overjoyed to see you, so brimming with love and affection that they literally ran to greet you? A dog will do that for you--ten, twenty, thirty times a day.

I was always a stranger at home, in all the places I ever lived.

People who need people are threatened by people who don’t. The idea of seeking contentment alone is heretical, for society steadfastly decrees that our completeness lies in others.

Why can't we say 'When!' about money the way we say 'When!' about coffee?

Is peace of mind the co-workability of your laws?

Mother Teresa did not became famous by caring just about herself

I want people to come to the game to see what I will do next.

The decision to feed the world is the real decision. No revolution has chosen it. For that choice requires that women shall be free.

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.

It’s not whether children learn from television, it’s what children learn from television... because everything that children see on television is teaching them something.

I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing.

When you're not afraid to fail, you'll most certainly have the confidence to succeed.

I suppose the danger when you have a job that involves writing is you can be a bit isolated.

We have started calling him grandfather.