“You can say anything with a Post-It.I’m not entirely sure why that is.Maybe the friendliness of the squares makes it easier. A square is nicely compact and less intimidating than a full page.And they come in cheerful colors. Non-white paper is kind of inherently festive.Or maybe paper that sticks feels more important than paper that can blow away.(Though you can move them, if you need to put them somewhere else.)They might not be as lasting as words carved in stone, but Post-It thoughts will stay.For awhile, at least.”

“There's an easy method for finding someone when you hear them scream. First get a clean sheet of paper and a sharp pencil. Then sketch out nine rows of fourteen squares each. Then throw the piece of paper away and find whoever is screaming so you can help them. It is no time to fiddle with paper.”

“The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are... The good writers touch life often.”

“You're the man who stands on the street corner with a roll of toilet paper, and written on each square are the words, 'I love you.' And each passer-by, no matter who, gets a square all his or her own. I don't want my square of toilet paper.'I didn't realize it was toilet paper.”

“If you make me lunch," he said, "will you put it in a brown paper bag?...Because when I see kids come to school with their lunch in a paper bag, that means that someone cares about them. Miss Laura, can I please have my lunch in a paper bag?”

“What's important is that a story changes every time you say it out loud. When you put it on paper, it can never change. But the more times you tell it, the more changes will occur. A story is a living thing; it moves and shifts”