I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.

The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone. At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.

My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read Boneland.

I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.

Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.

It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.

When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it's funny in any language.