If we're trying to excite young people about reading, we need to be experiencingbookjoy ourselves so that we have references to make. It's important to be able to say, "You know, I read the most wonderful poem the other day. Let me tell you about it."

I did realize, as do you, how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text.

I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me

I write because I am curious. I am curious about me.

I want children who feel embarrassed because they speak Spanish to realize that there are places where the beautiful Spanish they speak is an asset.

I often focus more on language than on the conveying of information.

Your Texas is no different than my Texas.