I like stirring things up. Im on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I dont get in too much trouble.

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space.

The people of England will curse themselves for having preferred ruin from Churchill to peace from Hitler.

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and you really love to draw, you just have to keep doing it no matter what anybody says.

I don't regard Jews as a class. I regard them as a privileged misfortune.

I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math.

Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany.

you know, a daydream properly utilized can be the most powerful force in the universe. One need only dream of freedom to begin to break the spell of enslavement.

His life was a book of his own writing, one orderly page after another.

If war breaks out, I will fight for Hitler since such a war would be against Jewry.

Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

Every hour spent on the Caine was a great hour in all our lives-if you don't think so now you will later on, more and more.

Make men work together, show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest.

The language Mr. Obama uses is refreshingly different from that of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Firmly believe that terrorism, in any shape or form, is against humanity. There should be zero tolerance towards terrorism.

I think really good books can be read by anybody.

Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper awareness of the world around them. That's my goal, at least.

There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.