Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.

Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a kind of redemption.

For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.

Humor - I see it as a survival skill.

High school is already an academic and social pressure cooker, and the forces that make it stressful are amplified for queer students.

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

Following graduation from high school in 1948, I attended Harvard University where I became a physics major. Having grown up in a small town, I found Harvard to be an enormously enriching experience. Students in my class came from all walks of life and from a great variety of geographical locations.

To some people, Common Core means what it actually is, which is a set of standards. That's not necessarily most people. To other people, Common Core is a new curriculum that's been implemented at their school that they don't understand. It's applying new teaching tools.