The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home.

When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly and loudly-FINISH! Starting something is easier than finishing it. You must have discipline to go from a few sentences, to a few paragraphs, to a piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Finishing something bridges the difference between someone who has talent and one who does not. My best advice? Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair-and finish. FINISH!

Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.

Going to school- picking an apple Getting an education- eating it

Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy.

It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier.

Sometimes we even have to risk making fools of ourselves.