Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the lowest level of intelligence and taste.

Once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.

I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.

Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.

Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you're done before you know it.

Books are almost always better than the movies made from them, because there are things books do well and things movies do well, but usually those things don't overlap: the same with comics and animation.

There's more to this world than just people, you know.