You’re not really grown until you’ve lost your heroes.

Without us here to witness, the universe is just pointless physics unfolding.

And now the story begins for the last time.

The end of the world came and my job did not change.

So now what?” I ask.She is quiet for a long time, long enough that I assume she’s gone to sleep.“I think this is just part of it, ” she says. “Civilisations fall. People keep going.

But instead of the end, I’m pretty sure I found myself at the start of something.

I dont celebrate any friendship that was build on hate, because we share the common enemy.

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize.

Everything is derivative. Everything is a remix, and we all stand on the shoulders of giants - a great phrase.

Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals.

If parents would only realize how they bore their children.

I said only one word, brought only one message: Love. Love - nothing else.

This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to know what happens next. They force you to tell a story.

I love the morning time. There's something about having the day in front of you.