I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career.

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.

So many of us are causing pain and suffering to ourselves on daily basis, because we do not know the value of life

We have fought this fight as long and as well as we know how. We have been defeated ... there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.

Suffering produces the very endurance that will enable you to reach the finish line of the race set before you.

Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away.

I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.

To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable.

A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives.

I have always had a curious nature; I enjoy learning, but I dislike being taught.

Moda je prolazna, dok stil traje, on je večan.