“I don't want to go to school and learn solemn things.”

“I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.”

“I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.”

“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.”

“The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.”

“I want to make you laugh or cry when you read a story . . .or do both at the same time. I want your heart, in other words. If you want to learn something, go to school.”