The books from which [children] learn must reflect movement and change and all of the infinite possibilities of minds at liberty.

Libraries never let us forget who we are, for their worth stands by the knowledge they keep and save for us.

For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them with what you have written.

To leave a place, you'd best leave everything behind; all your possessions, including memory. Traveling's not as easy as it's made out to be.

You always feel you are not deserving. People who are successful at what they do know what kind of work goes with it, so they are surprised at the praise.

The meaning of the Street in all ways and at all times is the need for sharing life with others and the search for community.

The mountains are calling and I must go.

Real patience is not the same as waiting impatiently for something for a long time. Patience is having patience with patience.

The brightest skies are always foreshadowed by dark clouds

Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.

President Obama has shown he has the vision to support average consumers and taxpayers.

Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.

I'm an obsessive writer who needs and loves revision. Writing helps me learn and helps me teach.

As an actor, you can show up on a set and be on a TV show for three or four years, or whatever it is and, by the end of it, you just want to do something else.

Saying that all documentaries are the same is like saying all foreign films are the same.

As far as music being something that's not background, it doesn't mean that it's loud, it means that it's instantly something to dwell on and process and swallow and regurgitate.