Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let's dance.

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable. -Bobby Goodspeed

And that's an even greater love: to love somebody when he's a little...worn at the edges. —Teddy Bear

Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble.

Dear Skeezie, Today I ran after a boy as he was trying to get away. I tackled him and we both landed in the mud. Do you think I appeared desperate?-Joe Bunch

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.

A day can start out ordinary and end up being in the top ten. —Joe Bunch

There's no such thing as a wasted wish.

If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face reality by the end.

will I ever get over the pull I feel to both of these places?

Sports fans have been mistreated for a long time. They have overpaid for inferior food and they have had poor service.

I think if you're going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can't just write about politics, you have to try and be politics as well.

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.

Be patient and wait. Your mud will settle. Your water will be clear.

You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.

Love is the best, most insidious, most effective instrument of social repression.

I have had what might be called a post graduate course in the most important subject for all Canadians - Canada itself.