Young girls are sad. They like to be; it makes them feel strong.

I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.

What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don't read the books.

No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.

Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.

Things are not what they seem.

I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.

I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.)

Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.

I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.

He felt changed, but there was no one to tell.

One should marry when one stops having a good time and settle down.

Success is an outcome of conscious choices pursued consistently and tirelessly.

Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong.

It's hard to lose weight when you're dining on the company's money.

I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself can find a little action.

If you like my poems let them walk in the evening, a little behind you

God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.

I’m the youngest in my family and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.

We certainly employ a lot of immigrants at Fox... and we do not take any consistent anti-immigrant line.

Be non-trend-driven, and explore, be creative and take risks as an artist and as a cultural communicator.