To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk.

There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

With me every peep becomes a trumpet solo.

Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind... life would have seemed to me empty.

I thought of that while riding my bicycle.

It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak fairly late, so that they even consulted a doctor. I can't say how old I was - but surely not less than three.