I don't think about being a celebrity.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

I feel 30. [Publo] Picasso said he always felt 30. Well, I do.

We go where our deepest desires take us.

I love photography. I like to write. I like coaching. I've made jewelry. I'm very creative.

Those who sit in a glass house do wrong to throw stones about them; besides, the American glass house is rather thin, it will break easily, and the interior is anything but a gainly sight.

We are traveling on with our staff in hand... We are pilgrims bound for the heavenly land.

Happiness is everything in the whole universe. It's a state of mind. Your whole life is a state of mind. So be happy, why not?

There are no limits to either time or distance, except as man himself may make them. I have but to touch the wind to know these things.

The proletarians have nothing to loose but their chains. They have a world to win.

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.