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

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.

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.

If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.

People who actually have good advice seldom give it voluntarily, instead others seek them out for it. They do not shove it down people's throats just to boost their exaggerated sense of importance.

As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars.

Privacy is a fundamental human need.

You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.

Frankly, I do not know how to effect a permanency in American foreign policy.

The power of ads rests more in the repetition of obvious exhortations than in the subtle transmission of values.

If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy.

Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.