You never know when your ideas are going to come back to you.

It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell.

A child can have too many toys, but never enough books.

Librarians are teaching the next generation how to use digital media responsibly.

My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as my full-time job.

On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

...weak of spine and flaccid of upper lip.

Wherever there is somebody else, a war is not far away.

Your opponent's wrong doesn't automatically make you right. Most fights aren't about who's right

In Kingdom - Like the King, Like the People In Democracy - Like the People, Like the Ruler

The magic of a tree is metaphorical. It celebrates its place. I brings comfort and beauty. Trees celebrate life.

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

Equality of opportunity is the essence of social justice.

Avoid letting temper block progress-keep cool.