Sometimes all you can do is say, 'Wow.'

My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either.

Now smile a real smile for me so I know you're not suffering inside.

When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.

If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it.

Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better

Didn't it make sense that after something horrible happens, something better should follow?

Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination.

(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.

Today was a difficult day.Tomorrow will be better.'-Mr. Slinger

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

The idea is more important than the object.

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

When they were naming the animals, somebody got lazy: anteater? What's it doing? It's eating ants. DONE!

Emotionally, I feel mostly out-of-depth, like I will never quite learn how to be what I should be. And that makes me feel pretty vulnerable a lot of the time.

Each time I think I’ve reached a limit....there is a door....it opens....and the limit is gone.

If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications.

My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.

Caffeine helps a lot. That and a certain amount of isolation.

We have a lot of trans friends. We know lots of people who have been trying to [model]; we know a lot about it.