I think I always knew that I would do something with art because it was the one thing that I knew I was really good at.

I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.

Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made.

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.

There are possibilities that exist beyond our present "knowing, " and to see those possibilities, we must abandon that which makes us feel safe.

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

Last chance to success is right before your last breath, when you sign away your will. Have patience to declare it as 'the last chance

There’s no such thing as sexism against men. That's because sexism is prejudice + power. Men are the dominant gender with power in society.

If environmentalism is a fad, it will be the last one.

Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you watch a lot of Cartoon Network and drink mid-price Chardonnay at 11 in the morning.

You as a salt-being, made of salt, go to fathom the depth of the ocean, and in the process you yourself dissolve. A great maharishi once said that true meditation is like this.

Some people say the president is incapable of enforcing the law. Let them say that once more and I will set the tanks on them.

I think test-driven design is great. But you can test all you want and if you don’t know how to approach the problem, you’re not going to get a solution.

Well, killing a man isn't clean and quick and simple. It's bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn't just fun and games, maybe we'll get somewhere.