Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

And the walls became the world all around.

There must be more to life than having everything.

I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely gift.

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.

I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.

A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.

And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!

That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones.

A restless human heart always seeks to increase personal understanding and works to attain excellence.

Even in modern art, artists have used methods based on calculation, inasmuch as these elements, alongside those of a more personal and emotional nature, give balance and harmony to any work of art.

I get all fired up about aging in America.

The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.

You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.

What can be sustained and repeated without emptying out?

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings.

My brain cannot conceive how old my body is.