I don't want to lose hope.

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!

The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head.

I felt the first soft glow of intoxication that makes the blood warmer and spreads an illusion of adventure over uncertainty.

I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films.

I'm looking for someone who will light candles, not just curse the darkness.

I would never disrespect a man's way of life, especially if they're happy.

Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.

Understanding is better than ignorance. Ignorance, unlike life, unlike narrative, is static. Understanding implies a forward motion, thus the possibility of change.

Truth is irrelevant. What is relevant is whether or not they believe it." The logic in the words grated. "The first rule of scoundrels?

For a young cartoonist, they have to get going on the web, because that's where everybody goes for their information. And it really works.

The Constitution is a radical document... it is the job of the government to rein in people's rights.