You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people. It's the best fun in the world.

I realized with grief that purposeless activities in language arts are probably the burial grounds of language development and that coffins can be found in most classrooms, including mine.

I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.

My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself.

Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.

Putting babies as young as two weeks into child care for the first year of their life, for 60 hours a week, will cause their brains damage.

You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people. It's the best fun in the world.