I don't know how to write a children's book.

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!

If the world is a book, are you the hero, or just a walk-on part?

Around them, sky and air wove the ancient song of the meeting place of earth and sea—wave-rush on the shore, gulls mewing and sobbing. No more bells, except a last dying peal from Fara.

Forget about 'Going Viral' and 'Go Give Value'.

I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I've forgotten what your first question was and how we were going to tie this together.

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action.

It is the storytellers task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.

As they say in geology, time never fails, there is always enough of it, so I may say, criticism never fails.

When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist.

I think everyone should do what they love because it will never feel like work that way.

Insisting on living in your past will kill your future. Let it go.