The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.

You're lucky if you find something you like to do, and it's a miracle if somebody will pay you to do it.

Have you been playing in toxic waste lately?

Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it's a good thing that stories are as different as we are, one from another.

The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.

Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes.

Hi, Max," she said, pushing her shades up onto her curls. "I hope your wearing sunscreen," i said, “your gonna have hella wrinkles by the time your ten.” “Want some daiquiri?” she offered, pointing at a blender. “Is it traitor flavored?” I asked.