The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that.

My longest love affair: with a book.

Books gave us a way to shape ourselves - to form our thoughts and to signal to each other who we were and who we wanted to be. They were part of our self-fashioning, no less than our clothes.

A book may not tell us exactly how to live our own lives, but our own lives can teach us how to read a book.

My master's degree was in journalism, but everything important I ever learned about being a journalist I learned on the job.

I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something.

I'm not a policy expert - I am only arguing that there is more to an education than an economic ticket.

Best qualification for an aspiring journalist is curiosity.

Whatever comes into your heart and mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you.

True love has a habit of coming back.

Aristotle says that metaphor causes the mind to experience itself in the act of making a mistake.

The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed.

Always play for the worst case scenario..If it is the best you'll win anyway

All children need their fathers, but boys especially need fathers to teach them how to be men.

I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.

Softness of smile indicates softness of character.

You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?" "Yes," Percy said. "I declare this is stupid.

A good mind is a lord of a kingdom.