Hiding under the bed doesn't make the worry stop.

Rebellion is necessary for development of character.

If I'm writing by intuition, generally that calculation works itself out. But if I'm writing a mystery, and somebody has to have a reason for doing what he's doing, and it's not anything I can imagine myself wanting to do, things get a little more difficult to write, and careless mistakes are made.

People can be unimaginably foolish...and they can be unimaginably grand, at times.

I love teaching; I love little kids.

I didnt write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself.

I got to thinking—when it was too late—you have to reach out to people. To your family, too. You can't just let them sit there, you should put your hand out. If they slap it back, well you reach out again if you care enough. If you don't care enough, you forget about them, if you can.