Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

a work that intends to be art must first be entertaining.

It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.

life ain't supposed to be nothing, 'cept maybe tough

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'

I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I do keep trying to write.

Read for fun, read for information, read in order to understand yourself and other people with quite different ideas. Learn about the world beyond your door. Learn to be compassionate and grow in wisdom. Books can help us in all these ways.