Hitting the kid with the ball might get you the ball, but it won't get you anyone to throw it to.

Every piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit gets you closer to the answer.

You'll have a lot more respect for a bird after you try making a nest.

Nobody notices it when your zipper is up, but everyone notices when it's down.

It's easier to throw sticks on the campfire than to try to restart it when it goes out.

If you want to zoom down the expert slope tomorrow, you have to fall down the bunny slope today.

If you want pancakes for breakfast, offer to help make them.

Look at the footprints you've made.

Ten minutes is short if it's a recess and long if it's a punishment.

It's not enough to be able to spell "magnificence" in your bedroom. You have to be able to spell it at the microphone during the spelling bee.

If you want to see a shooting star, you might have to spend a lot of nights looking up.

Characters are just extensions of my madness.

Boys my age with whom, in spite of everything, I was obliged to mix occasionally, mocked me.

You cannot contain evil by shaming it, or making people feel guilty, but only by revealing it toward it is, and then seeing the good as better.

Leaving the broken system the way it is, that's not a solution.

Everyone thinks I must have been an ace in school. But I didn't work hard, I was lazy. I liked to be lazy. I thought laziness stimulated your imagination.

No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate.

The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.

Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.

I try to find meaning anywhere I can. It's the only way I know how to validate my existence.