However little television you watch, watch less.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

If we think back through our own lives, the subjects that you liked best in school almost certainly were taught by the teachers you liked best. And the teacher you liked best was the teacher who cared about the subject she taught.

I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.

Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

I think that a good education ought to be in part the idea that ease and joy are not synonymous. Some of the most fulfilling pleasures of life are to be found in work - found in work you love to do, work you want to do, work that makes you want to get out of bed in the morning.