Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.

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!

Innovation basically involves making obsolete that which you did before.

I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.

For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown

People tend to keep their distance.

I think I'm incredibly self-aware to a fault.

Coming from California and growing up where I did, I've always had a fondness for and innate sensitivity to light, texture, and warmth.

We'll stay warm tonight even if we have to sit by each other and snuggle.

Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.

For many years I thought I was bisexual. And then I would ask myself, 'What is bisexual? Does that even exist?'

"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads."