Perhaps," said the man, "you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.

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.

It is remarkable how much courage it takes to kiss someone, even when you are almost certain that person would very mush like to be kissed by you. Doubt will knock you from the sky every time.

Creativity can turn into an avalanche or a tempest, but can also flow like a meandering tributary to same destination

Make sure you keep an inner state of flexibility, and are not tightly bound to your visions.

The basic theme of the kapha metabolic type is relaxed.

Logic doesn't apply to the real world.

Well, I think that people are smart enough to understand the difference between a movie and real life.

One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday.

The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal.

I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.