Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble.

- James Howe

So does being cool mean you get to go around calling other people names?

- James Howe

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

- James Howe

There's no such thing as a wasted wish.

- James Howe

Another thing I think about names is that they DO hurt. They hurt because we believe them. We think they are telling us something true about ourselve…

- James Howe

This business of really knowing people, deep down, including your own self, it is not something you can learn in school or from a book. It takes your…

- James Howe

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

- James Howe

Dear Skeezie, Today I ran after a boy as he was trying to get away. I tackled him and we both landed in the mud. Do you think I appeared desperate?-J…

- James Howe

Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.

- James Howe