I write in a small office at home.

It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken

I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.

We all think we're different, but when it comes around, we end up needing the same things. Somebody to love us. Somebody to respect us.

Everything in life is made up...You make up that you are happy. You make up that you are sad. You make up that you are in love. If you don't make up your own life, who's going to make it up for you? It's bad enough when you die and everybody can make up their own stories about you. —Mr. Hooft

I know I'm tired of thinking about what I should have done yesterday. I know I'm just tired. If I knew what to do with my life, how to fix it up, I would have done it a long time ago. You can't dig that? You think I want to live like I'm somebody's throwaway?

Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.