So how do you MAKE it as a mainstream entertainer? Who knows? But I think you have to be UNCOMFORTABLE, right? You have to make yourself uncomfortable. All success stories depend on that. That's why I might start sleeping on hardwood floors and taking cold SHOWERS.

When we teach in pluralistic ways, there are two wonderful dividends. FIRST of all, we reach more students, because some learn best through STORIES, some through WORKS of ART, some through role play etc. Second of all, we show what it is like really to understand something.

I'm uninterested in SUPERHEROES. I am only INTERESTED in REAL STORIES, real PEOPLE, real connection.

Keep your PRIVATE life private. Be open to suggestions from different people. And just be NICE. I have HEARD STORIES about people who are just plain rude to the PRESS or fans.

A LOVE of books, of holding a BOOK, TURNING its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of LEARNING.