I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

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!

... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.

Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you.

Jesus Christ did not say, 'Go into the world and tell the world that it is quite right.'

Wayne Curtis is one of our very best writers!

Such pip-squeaks as Nixon and McCarthy are trying to get us so frightened of Communism that we'll be afraid to turn out the lights at night.

But we do now receive a certain portion of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for incorruption, being little by little accustomed to receive and bear God

Idiot. Which road do you take when you're running from something weaker than yourself? Or maybe you're the one looking for an excuse to back out.

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.

You can't do good work on a short-term contract. You need to be engaged over a period of time.