Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.

The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.

I have a quote for every occasion, then I remembered that I don't have that many occasions.

You want to know how I got these scars? I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.

Nothing feels worse than other people's good times.

Life is too short to waste time changing the sheets every week. Especially when you have small children who tend to wait until you change the sheets to then wet the sheets.

When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.

I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have three basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.

Nothing is certain in London but expense.