I Want Young People To Be Hesitant

The Movie Is More Real In So Many Ways Than The Life I Am Leading. No, That’s Not True. I Just Desperately Wish This Was Only A Movie.

We Need To Tell Kids Flat Out: Reading Is Not Optional.

I'm Not Out Here Looking For No Garbage Cans To Curl Up In. I'm Looking For The Same Good Dreams Everybody Else Is Hoping For, But I Don't See Where They Are. Or Maybe I See Where They Are, But I Don't See How To Get There.

I Read A Lot Of Comic Books And Any Kind Of Thing I Could Find. One Day, A Teacher Found Me. She Grabbed My Comic Book And Tore It Up. I Was Really Upset, But Then She Brought In A Pile Of Books From Her Own Library. That Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me.

I Know I'm Tired Of Thinking About What I Should Have Done Yesterday. I Know I'm Just Tired. If I Knew What To Do With My Life, How To Fix It Up, I Would Have Done It A Long Time Ago. You Can't Dig That? You Think I Want To Live Like I'm Somebody's Throwaway?