We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.

Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths.

Drew, your enemies can mess your life up,' he said. 'Or they can make it easy for you to do it to yourself.' —Fletch

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

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.

I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.