I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

Don't stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don't forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read.

I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.

Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work.

In seventh grade...I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted.

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books.

He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.