Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good

The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.

Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress.

Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.

For gypsies do not like to stay - They only come to go away.

It's always wonderful when something altogether wrong ends right, without the help of either religion or the police.

In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines 74 lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

For gypsies do not like to stay -They only come to go away.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

Got to say, dying would really wreck my best day. Been there, done that, and now that I think about it, Artemis forgot to give me the t-shirt.

Literature is integrated, and I'm not just talking about color or race. I'm talking about the power of literature to make us recognize - and again and again - the wholeness of the human experience.

She is not with me, this grief is not bigger then this happiness that she is with her choice

What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time.

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your own neighborhood, and even your own nation.

We do more talking progress than we do progressing.

When I was starting as an anime director I wanted to be known for great things. I never wanted to be known for some overblown toy commercial.