She was both beautiful and a member of one of the 'first families' of San Antonio — two qualities by which queens are still measured.

Two years ago, he swam the 50-meter butterfly in 37 seconds. That's quick, but a high school athlete that is in the shape that he is in can do it faster. And they'd always make fun of him.

Almost all of the athletes in Special Olympics have intellectual disabilities of one degree or another. A lot of them also have physical disabilities.

I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.

Our cafe is going to be open on the first of May.

I had really tried to do everything else but [revisit Oz]. Partly because I knew there would be some amongst us who would say, 'Oh, he's just trying to milk that cow.' . . . . But in the end, I had an idea I couldn't get rid of. I couldn't get it out of my room.