A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.

I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made.

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.

I'm never afraid to try something if I think it's funny. And I know I'll regret it if I don't.

Being fired is something... You have to really want to be an actor after you go through something like that. Because the level of self-doubt and insecurity that creeps into your psyche is monumental.

After a run of several night events, you begin to appreciate the solitude and the quiet backstage.

Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at market rates.

The most unknown, unused and unrecognised tool of the human mind, is the recognition that attitude is always a choice

When all is well in your end, it is not enough! All must be well in every end!

You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

I never imagined any of the success I am currently experiencing.

I can't think of a bigger waste of police time than chasing somebody who has said something offensive on Twitter.