In High School And College,

I'm Not Going To Give Up. I Can't Give Up. Not As Long As The Truth Is Out There.

I Think The Real Heroic Teachers Are The Ones Who Work With Kids, Like My Mom And My Sister Do.

As I've Gotten Older I've Become A Devotee Of 19th-century Authors, Such As Charles Dickens And George Eliot.

In This Age Of Media And Internet Access, We Are Much More Talkative Than Ever Before.

I Think [kids] Enjoy Reading, But It's A Different World Now. There Are A Lot Of Competitors For The Imaginative Attention.