“Audition requires different neurological processes than vision, or smell. And I would suggest that we hear more than we see while we are reading.”

“The world isn't fair, Calvin.""I know Dad, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?”

“Grown ups could learn a lesson from watching cartoons.”

“Scientists need to invent a way to make DNA work like in cartoons.”

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”

“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”