You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom.

The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

I was 12 or 13 years old. So I started to write poetry and fiction, even though I was really into biology because my dad was a science teacher. I kept writing all those years.

If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler's mum, guns and broccoli.

I learned much from my father just by watching his example. If I saw him hold a door open for someone, I learned to do the same. Kids always observe their parents and I always watched my daddy.

The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation.

Nobody ever said life was fair.

Your assignment,' he bellowed at Kelly, 'was to make a persuasive argument. Demanding to know whether detractors of your position are on crack is not arguing persuasively.

Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels.