A shadowless man is a monster, a devil, a thing of evil. A man without a shadow is soulless. A shadow without a man is a pitiable shred. Yet together, light and dark, they make a whole.

Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.

It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it.

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.

Everything is as real as nothing, whatever way the nothing itself is defined.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

We want to make sure the stories that show up in Path are both good stories and are a big part of people's lives.

The dream of every cell is to become two cells.

And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner.

My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.

I'm a traditional wife in every sense.

There's a big difference between not settling and not starting.

There's nothing worse than seeing someone chewing gum on the red carpet!

There is at least one thing more brutal than the truth, and that is the consequence of saying less than the truth.