I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction.

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!

We will not die cornered and cowering in the ruins of a dead city.

Messy" is a word we use to explain a conflict with an expectation we had. Eliminate the expectation, and you eliminate the "messy".

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do.

All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.

Tell me, is he always really rude, or does he save that for mundanes?

She better liked to see him free and happy, even than to have him near her, because she loved him better than herself.

Never play the Devil's Advocate. Your words could be the difference between success and failure in someone else.

It is impossible for forward play to be quite as safe as back play, because there must be a moment when the ball is out of sight.

I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. Ice Ice Baby is about that area.