All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.

Play life on hard. Easy might be safer but where is the fun in that?

There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.

Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.

"Doctor, I have a ringing in my ears." "Don't answer!"

I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's the way I'd like to be remembered- as a storyteller. A good storyteller.

The sun is always shining someplace.

One should never make one's entrance with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.

You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things.

Im going to always rise above the doubt that may exist about me.

If you're not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.