I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never t….

It is poetry that changes everything..

When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's pr….

I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when I said all that earlier. I was mad because I wanted ….

I think a lot of us who had these oddly shaped childhoods, in some ways we're hyper-capable. We're able to take care of ourselves in a lot of ways bu….

Once you reach what is / inside it is outside..

School bored me. Being educated and being intelligent are two different things. I thought I was smart enough. And I wanted to be an entertainer. I st….

After forty years of intensive research on school learning in the United States as well as abroad, my major conclusion is: What any person in the wor….

In business for yourself, but not by yourself..

I was far too embarrassed to share the experience of Indian food at school. As a kid, you're desperate to fit in, to assimilate in some way, and ever….

Before you invest in something, invest the time to understand it.

I am happy being what I am..

This is something that Randi Weingarten said to me when I interviewed her once, which I think I quote in chapter nine. She talks about how only 7 per….

Own nothing, control everything..

Where ever you are be all there.

You don't get nothing and like it..

It's not personal, it's strictly business.

He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too.

God is good and I am always loved..

I think most people would like that: probably comes in about ninety percent. They see their public works crumbling, services inadequate, they have li….

Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the pub….