I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers.
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
If our children are unable to voice what they mean, no one will know how they feel. If they can’t imagine a different world, they are stumbling through a darkness made all the more sinister by its lack of reference points. For a young person growing up in America’s alienated neighborhoods, there can be no greater empowerment than to dare to speak from the heart — and then to discover that one is not alone in ones feelings.
Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.
All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.
A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.
Maybe I needed to make like a potato, winnow myself down, be part of something that was not easy, just simple.
I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.
This is American leadership at its best. We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.
Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.