“I want to give kids that fall-off-the-bed-laughing feeling. Either tha...” — Kate Klise Quote

“I want to give kids that fall-off-the-bed-laughing feeling. Either that, or the sixth-grade feeling that life is hard - sometimes unbearably hard - and it is ultimately about death. But in the meantime, life can be really funny, too.”

“One of the best essays I've seen in recent years was by a young woman who wrote about how being chosen to choreograph a high school musical forced her to assume a leadership role she wasn't sure she was ready for - but of course she was.”

“Every writer dreams of having a backyard cottage, similar to Dahl's 'writing hut.' English cottages and charming huts might seem out of reach, but a good carpenter could build a modest cottage on the cheap.”

“Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse.”

“Life is hard, but there are moments, sometimes hours - and, if you're really lucky, full days - where everything feels just right.”

“I don't know anyone who has made it through this life with it being super easy. Life is hard.”