I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

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!

In constant view keeps mightily true an honest resolve to do.

I turn my head so that he doesn't see my smile and secretly curse him for making me feel special.

If you think you already know what you're looking at, you might not see what's really there.

If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.

A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, it's much harder to make the right jokes.

I don't want to have a song like 'My Humps' and it be sagging down, so I pay attention to that area. A lot.

I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work.

Thank you," she whispered, "for keeping yourself alive, soldier." "You're welcome," he whispered back.

All I'm saying is that Louis Vuitton and L'Oreal didn't invent branding at some point in the mid-Eighties. Big, reassuring names have been around a long time.

love is what we are about, my darling," she says. "Not even in death has our love faded, for I live in your veins.