Every living thing deserves our respect... be it humble or proud, ugly or beautiful.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.

Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.

Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.

He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail.

The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.

Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?

Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.

It becomes an energy, when two similar souls, combine together

Dreams have a way of persisting. They just don't come true until you DO what you CAN.

I am the source of loveI am the source of joyI am the heaven and earthI am the happiness.

People don’t always value life, even their own, as much as they should.

The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering, finding new handles for old pitchers . . .

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

I only ever asked two people to work with me as a partner. One was Paul McCartney and the other Yoko Ono. Paul and me were the Beatles.

The more one learns, the more he understands his ignorance.

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.

Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.