"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind."

"It's a great thing to be a writer. It's a great thing to write, and to do it for kids, that's just frosting on the cake."

"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells."

"It is a good thing to be different. It is a good thing to be yourself."