Text is just ink on a page until a reader comes along and gives it life.

Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of the world.

Books do not simply happen to people. People also happen to books.

A poem is what the reader lives through under the guidance of the text and experiences as relevant to the text.

You're crazy, ' I say.'Aye, ' Logan says. 'Crazy about you.

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

Sometimes, it's hard to separate manager mode from mom mode. I think, as our manager, my mom will get more emotional about situations than she would if she was just our manager.

For every 1 fan I have 20 haters, once I can reach 1000 haters for 1 fan, I know I've made it.

People have kind of latched on with my personality and how I play golf and how I carry myself. It seems like every town we go to, I'm experiencing newer things with these types of fans.

You can be genuinely forgiven by God and other people but still suffer the consequences from a particular sin in your life.

Professionally, I have no age.

Open the door by yourself instead of waiting the door to be opened by itself!

I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.