In the mid-1990s, when I first wrote the novel Pay It Forward—the adult version on which the movie was based—I was laboring under a misperception about humans. I thought that as we grow up, we [...]
The challenge is: Make people feel good about themselves. I know this woman, who, every time she calls, asks how I am doing. And if I say “terrific” which I say most of the time, she [...]
“Et nous resterons sur la terre. Qui est parfois si jolie.” –Jacques Prévert This is one of my favorite quotes. Loosely translated it reads: “Here we stay on earth. Which is [...]
The Daily Edition asked me to come on their show and talk about Kindness, the origins of Good Virus, and Revolution!
Okay, I’m totally conflicted on this one, and think it’s an awesome idea, but I think that delivering oxycontin, one of the most abused prescription drugs by high school kids, is not [...]
Two years ago an anonymous customer left a $100 bill at Bluffton’s Corner Perk in South Carolina and asked the barista to use it to pay for peoples drinks until it ran out. Well it seems [...]
This is what we’re talking about! In a study published in the March 8 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers James Fowler from the [...]
