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

Punch after punch after punch. February is a mean bully. Nothing could be worse - except August.

I was behaving, just like I promised, but fate intervened.

More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.

What I have come to believe is that joy is the twin sister of gratitude. I am most joyful when I am most grateful.

Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom.

Once a book is published, it no longer belongs to me. My creative task is done. The work now belongs to the creative mind of my readers. I had my turn to make of it what I would, now it is their turn.