“Reading the Bible will help you get to know the word, but it’s when you put it down and live your life that you get to know the author.”

“What thought or message would you put into a fortune cookie?Get up, stop reading this and live your life”

“Reading words puts them in your mind. You never forget. Even when you don't get a chance to dwell on the music, you can hear it in your head.”

“When you get right down to it, every collection of letters is a magic spell, even it it's a moronic proclamation ... Words have their impact, girl. Mind your manners. I may not know how to fly but I know how to read, and that's almost the same thing.”

“One person put it this way, 'If you want to get to know a Millennial, share a meal.' In other words, get to know them at an individual level.”

“You better [start writing] now because you know how to write, and you have fingers, and you have this one life, and during this one life, you should put your words down, and make your voice heard, and then let others hear your voice. And the only way any of that’s going to happen is if you actually do it. People can’t read the thoughts in your head. They can only read the thoughts you put down, carefully and with great love, on the page.So you have to do it, goddamnit.”