A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something that you won't understand until 10 years later.

Freeform radio is an art form. The airwaves are the empty canvas, the producer is the artist, and the sound is the paint.

When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer must read everything he or she can to appreciate the myriad ways words are used and to what effect.

It ain't how long you know somebody that means anything. It's what that person mean to you in your heart.

To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the imagination. And if the imagination dies, what would happen to the souls of children?

Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.

How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?