If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.

Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls.

Don't call 'em dogs. Dogs are loyal and they run after balls.

I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.