I'm dying, and I'm having fun.

We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder.

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.

The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.