My Writing Comes From Ideas That Make

We Book People Are Always Preaching About Reading Aloud To Children, But Unless You Do, You Can't Realize How It Enriches Family Life.

Children Have To Have Access To Books, And A Lot Of Children Can't Go To A Store And Buy A Book. We Need Not Only Our Public Libraries To Be Funded Properly And Staffed Properly, But Our School Libraries. Many Children Can't Get To A Public Library, And The Only Library They Have Is A School Library.

I Guess Real Maturity, Which Most Of Us Never Achieve, Is When You Realize That You're Not The Center Of The Universe.

...i Just Gave Up Trying To Be A Christian... Let's Face It, I Ain't Got The Knack For Holiness. Besides, I Didn't Have The Slightest Little Desire To Join The Likes Of Reverend Pelham At The Dinner Table For Fourteen Minutes, Much Less At The Banquet Table Of Heaven Eternally. Eternity Is A Mighty Long Time To Be Stuck With People Who Judge Every Word You Say And Think And Condemn Most Of What You Do. It Struck Me As Pretty Miserable Company. And If Reverend Pelham Was The Kind Of Company God Preferred To Keep, Well, I Just Hoped They'd Be Happy Together.

Words Are Humanity's Greatest Natural Resource, But Most Of Us Have Trouble Figuring Out How To Put Them Together. Words Aren't Cheap. They Are Very Precious.