Like most writers, I sit in a room and scribble a story and you don't have a connection with the people who take your story, whether it be to the stage or to the screen.

Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.

Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.

There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.

You have to know yourself enough to be able to choose friends that you will be compatible with.

I wish you to believe whatever you think is true, at any and every cost.

So childhood too feels good at first, before one happens to notice the terrible sameness, age after age.

His problem is that he doesn’t want anyone until he can have anyone he wants.

Technology changes, but people stay the same.

You can make one (self-contained self-rescuer) that would last all day, but you'd have to carry it behind in a wagon.

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness. Then if you're not a good mixer you can always fall back on your own company.

I'm in a comic book now. That was cool. That's something that I'm still sorta reeling about, 'cause I read comics as a kid. Someone drew me, and actually did a pretty good job!

The truth is, I just don't have the drive to be the prettiest and the thinnest. I can be happy for other people for their beauty.

'Curiosity never killed this cat’ — that’s what I’d like as my epitaph.