She wasn't any bigger than a minute and had hair like wild gold, and she was always merry as a marriage bell.

Stories were a living thing. They changed to suit the teller or the times.

Don't mind her. She keeps her nose so high in the air, she's liable to drown in a good rainstorm.

People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.

I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it.

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.

Plan to throw one (implementation) away; you will, anyhow.

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?

Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.

Make movies you love because it's miserable. Every movie I've worked on at one point or another is exhausting, and you feel like you're making a bad movie.

New York is a fun town to go out in. During my twenties and into my thirties I had a good time partying, yes. But nothing where I woke up and I thought that I had a problem.

When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound; when Jesus groaned, a trembling fear seized all the guilty world around.