Censorship is the Child of Fear...

“Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them”

-Laurie Halse Anderson

"Along with Enormous Creativity..."

"There is a piece of received wisdom that says that the most creative people are often odd, or irritating, eccentric, damaged, difficult. That along with enormous creativity come certain deficits in humanity or decency. We are familiar with this trope in our business: Mozart, Van Gogh, Tarantino, Eminem."

- Meryl Streep

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Silliness

“Silliness, is a vastly under-appreciated quality —in humanity. I don’t know why it isn’t among our major virtues. Diligence, and kindness, and patience, and humility; and silliness.”

- Hank Green
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"The Creative Adult..."

"The creative adult is the child who survived."
- Ursula K. LeGuin