In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

When our objectives become purely military, we've already lost the larger fight.

Take heart! Many great things have been done by people in poor mental health.

I think the country has had enough Bushes.

Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.

In August, 1900, [Friedrich] Nietzsche was laid to rest Nietzsche, as the apostle of atheism, heralded the darkest century the world has ever known.

What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of the prison itself.

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.

Larry Bird just throws the ball in the air and God moves the basket underneath it.

Those who are the happiest are not neccessarily those for whom life has been easiest.

The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off