Papa, please get the moon for me.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story is about hope. You, like the little caterpillar, will grow up, unfold your wings and fly off into the future

Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don't forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets.

We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.

One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and... he was a beautiful butterfly!

The hardest part is developing the idea, and that can take years

You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear was kind of my first important book

True...I hear voices in my head keep talking to me. The good thing for now is...I never answer them back.

In his mind, that's what made a man a man, that he protected those he cared about. Those he loved.

All abuse and waste of God's creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator.

I still come out to music that's in Spanish. There's no denying who I am, but I've just made it to where my performance is so anybody can understand it - whether you're 10 years old or 80 years old.

Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind

The only real form of pollution is people. Any ecological system which does not include the reduction or stopping of growth of the population is eyewash

I highly recommend time to yourself.

Men of reason have endured;men of passion have lived.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

I was reading emails from women who are alternately chuckling or outraged. One of them said, "Do you hate women? Would you just be honest?" No, folks, no! It's quite the opposite.