“I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies a...” — Jason Reynolds Quote

I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all.

I have a hard time with people who say they write for children but they don't really like children. I love children. I love talking with them.

We all want to believe in the magic of someone knowing what we're thinking.

One thing I wish I'd been told in school is that my language is valid.

It's naive of adults to believe that young people aren't aware of what is going on in the world. The best thing we can do is confront that to help them navigate it. We can help them say, 'These things are happening. What does that mean for your life?'

I decided that there was only one place to make money in the mutual fund business, as there is only one place for a temperate man to be in a saloon: behind the bar and not in front of it.

In some types of music I'm working out all the chords one bar at a time - the whole structure, because it's about that. And there are other pieces which are really about - okay, the melody is going to start here and play through to here.

The success of Chandni Bar' at the box office was a huge boost at that time of my career.

You have to go up there and jump high and clear whatever the bar may be. It's a competition within myself. That's how it was even before I was the best in the world, because that's the approach to every competition.