The teacher's task is not to implant facts but to place the subject to be learned in front of the learner and, through sympathy, emotion, imagination, and patience, to awaken in the learner the restless drive for answers and insights which enlarge the personal life.

I'm the closest that hip-hop is getting to God.

Farmers are the original environmentalists; we just need to give them the right tools.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.

"The best stories are the ones that surprise the writer as much as the reader."