Odds of a worm migration coming this way — about a billion to one. Odds of Elspeth improving her behavior without help — about the same. Sleep well, … - Bruce Coville

"I stopped talking and stared into the distance. "Hold on," I whispered. "I think I'm about to be brilliant."
-Nina Tanleven, The Ghost Wore Gray"

My father told me that when he was a kid, it was the best place in Syracuse to go to the movies.
I told him I didn't think movies had been invented when he was a kid.
He said he loved me, but if I didn't shut up and fill out my audition form, he'd probably kill me.
I told him if he really felt that way he should give me a pen.

But, really, why does anyone create? You feel a...restlessness inside, a need to make something new, something no one has ever seen before. You want to add to the beauty and the richness of the world with a gift, an offering that is uniquely yours. It's an act of selfishness and generosity, all rolled into one.