My big concern is me and what do I do now until the time of my death. That is valid. That is useful. That is beautiful. That is creative.

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!

One age ends, and another begins. It is the way of things. But, it doesn't happen all at once.

The bottom can only be accepted by those who aren't hungry enough for the top.

...I love Shakespeare, but sometimes....his images - If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head....

Solitude is strength to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

If im lucky, i will never have to see you again. Because if i do, that means we are at war, and id have to hurt you

Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and then work, work, work till we die.

Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.

Nothing bad is going to happen to us. If we get fired, it's not failure; its a midlife vocational reassessment.

[Donald] Trump at a press conference personally asked the Russians to get involved in the search [of missed Hillary Clinton's emails].

My wish is to construct a system of sociology on the model of celestial mechanics, physics, and chemistry.