Knowledge is the driving force that puts creative passion to work.

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!

Meditation and mindfulness are tools for working with the mind, but where they have led me is to a blossoming of the heart...

Unfortunately, love is more often an alibi than a reason.

Once you cross the threshold of 30 plus years of marriage you soon realize that what use to be two is now merging into one.

I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world.

I didn't go abroad until quite late. A friend drove us to Amalfi, Italy, for his sister's wedding when I was a teenager. It was exciting driving through Europe.

A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our stupor and makes us confront the absolutes we believe in.

During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.

You have to stay true to your true friends and your family.

You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once.

A free curiosity is more effective in learning than a rigid discipline.