This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power.

Well meaning adults can easily destroy a child's love of reading - do not discourage children from reading because you feel they're reading the wrong thing. There is no such thing as the wrong thing to be reading and no bad fiction for kids.

Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don’t worry about it.

Not knowing everything is all that makes it OK, sometimes.

You shone like a star. The funniest, wisest writer & the finest friend

People who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.

There's nothing for getting you good fast like having to be good fast, if that makes any sense.