There is no end to what can be said about the world

Literature is about being a complex, contradictory human being.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

I think it is important to know how to teach new material to help young people grow and learn.

The elasticity of imagination and compassion is what writing and reading promote.

I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.

Every writer can tell you that a book is only truly alive when it finds passionate readers who bring it alive in their imaginations.