If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.

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.

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

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.

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.

Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.

My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.