Almost everything in 'A Day With Wilbur Robinson' has some basis in truth. And yes, my sister did pay me to feed her grapes while she talked to her boyfriend on the phone.

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space.

The people of England will curse themselves for having preferred ruin from Churchill to peace from Hitler.

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and you really love to draw, you just have to keep doing it no matter what anybody says.

I don't regard Jews as a class. I regard them as a privileged misfortune.

I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.

I like stirring things up. Im on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I dont get in too much trouble.

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math.

Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany.

you know, a daydream properly utilized can be the most powerful force in the universe. One need only dream of freedom to begin to break the spell of enslavement.

His life was a book of his own writing, one orderly page after another.

when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because.

Throughout the world Dark Ages have scrawled finis to successions of cultures receding far into the past.

Acting for me was the gospel, the love of the spoken word.

One can live for years sometimes without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into one single hour.

I think I'm prone to panic.

Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.

If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting. You always had lots of creative people around, and my parents took us everywhere.

I'd want the human voice expressing grievances, or delight, or whatever it might be. But something real

They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.