It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you tell kids they're stupid--directly or indirectly--sooner or later they start to believe it.

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.

I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.

Remember not all Germans were Nazis.

I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?

Silence ensures that history repeats itself.

Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.