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.

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.

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.

I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.

I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reasonBringing something we must learnAnd we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return.

Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer.

It is clear looking at statistics of inventions, discoveries and fortune 500 companies, that it is not the believers that are managing the affairs of the earth. What a tragedy!!!

Disrespect earns the displeasure of the creator and the creation.

At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God.

I'm not pro-business. I'm pro-free enterprise.

I think a lot of programs, policies have been put in place since 9/11, have prevented a 9/11-style attack. On the other hand, I think the threat has become greater, not lesser.

I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.