Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

I have felt at times with groups of children that I was really being what every poet would like to be - a bard in the old sense. ”

It was the enchantment of spoken verse that led me to write for children. ”

I have always used a great variety of verse forms, especially in my poetry for children. I believe that poetry begins in childhood and that a poet who can remember his own childhood exactly can, and should, communicate to children. ”

I have no idea how to become successful in children's tv programming today other than to say that whereever you find that rare animal being pursued, insert yourself into its environment; get in the door in any position and work from within. ”

Dark Shadows' was the spark that lit the fire of my childhood imagination. It wasn't polished; it wasn't perfect. But it gave us characters with real personalities and complicated motivations. ”

We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons. ”

I married my best friend. I was still in awe after more than four years of being around her at how smart and strong and loving and caring she was. And I really hoped that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career was a decision she would never regret. ”

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem. ”

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the family and only the male for the marketplace and the world of ideas. ”

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ”