We got Arbitron diaries at my house in the 1980s, when the family was down to just my mother and me, and we tried for a couple of days to fill it out….

The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave each of us when she decided we were ready for our first "adult novel," Lucy Maud M….

Things don't exist until they exist..

Why don't we all just get a long-neck?.

Consider fully, act decisively..

When I began to read, I began to exist.

I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It's perfectly okay to take a book, ….

I started these Rush Revere and these children's books, I mean, there was a mission. It was to teach the truth of American history because, ego-wise,….

I love writing. I've always written journals. I loved writing the book on living alone..

More wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of the ocean. Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, o….

Osho's books inspire me to meditate. They give me peace of mind..

You dig in and you find something..

My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. Im drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more ….

I love anything that haunts me...and never leaves.

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban boo….

Fear can indeed be the beginning of wisdom..

Find your center and stay there..

For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, you don't build that..

Because I loved myself, I was loved..

I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write..

I never wanted to do Harry Potter. I thought it should have stayed as a book. There are some books that should be made into movies and some that shou….