My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That's right, I am a book kisser. Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent.

I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

We can all learn from every text. Reading the work that disgusts you can only strengthen your core beliefs. I could teach a semester-long course based only on reading the local telephone book. All stories can be taught in valuable ways.

Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated.

Sometimes it's called passing out and sometimes it's just pretending to be asleep