I teach young people how the arts can be used to stand up against injustice.

In my writing I hope to have a balance between the good and bad, the hard and soft.

Picture books are more difficult for me because it is telling a huge story in the least amount of words.

I have always known that I wanted to work with youth through the arts and I believe the arts can help young people cope with hardship.

There are many writers who have influenced me and who I enjoy reading, but Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks are at the top of the list.

For me, the lives of children and teens are interesting - they are always changing. There's just so much to sort through. All of this makes for good plots and complex characters.

Nothing tells you more about an organization than the way it makes decisions.

Whatever we say here today is not against any party or person. We are not here to do politics. I have not stood up here to save a government... we want swaraaj, the people's rule, in Delhi.

Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany.

Only he who knows God is truly moral.

If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.

That which is evil is soon learned.

Come and take your seat, Lady Dorina.

You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies

I've been getting my reel together. I think they are looking at me more as an actress because I have a lot of potential and a lot of skills.

I've never hit a woman in my life. Not even my own mother.