I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.

Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.

I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.

Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.

I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!

I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks.

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.

That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.

Was it still paranoia if all his fears were justified?

...is any history really all that ancient?...Doesn't every moment from the past affect the present?

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Birds do not attend music school, but compose timeless masterpieces.

Dope don't have no sympathy, not for love or family, definitely not for fear. Put dope and the devil up against each other in the ring, and dope will win out. Every single time.

Gold is so heavy it settles down upon the lowest souls.

Art is a universal language and through it each nation makes its own unique contribution to the culture of mankind.

What really matters is the name you succeed in imposing on the facts - not the facts themselves.

Put cotton in your ears and pebbles in your shoes. Pull on rubber gloves. Smear Vaseline over your glasses, and there you have it: instant old age.

Easiest job in the world of course, Australian psychiatrist, "Gday Gday how you doing no worries next".

Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God and love of all things in God - this is the sign that you are on this right path.

I never thought I would go into the dance charts.