If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time seeing the value in the shadows, where the thinkers, probers and scientists are keeping society together.

Libraries are where it all begins.

Listen how they say your name. If they can't say that right, there's no way they're going to know how to treat you proper, neither.

I change jobs like drinking water ... And as I grow accustomed to the new flavor of a drink I regard as delicious, yes, vital, something fades, life balks. So I break camp; I shed skins.

It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing

The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved literature more.