“If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. An...” — Jennifer Granholm Quote

“If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs.”

“Don't mistake niceness for weakness.”

“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.”

“Prose is not so dependent on sound. The line of poetry, with the breaking of the line - to me, sound is the kind of doorway into poetry. And my sense of sound, or my ability to control it, lapsed or grew less.”

“Any time people are breaking outside the norm and playing something that isn't expected - that feels like punk to me.”

“I can't imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I'm going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket.”