I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!

Death is something you cannot escape, such as death, or a cheesecake that has curdled, both of which always turn up sooner later.

For Beatrice- My love for you shall live forever. You, however, did not.

But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law are notorious for being very long, very dull, and very difficult to read. This is one reason many lawyers make heaps of money. The money is an incentive - the word "incentive" here means "an offered reward to persuade you to do something you don't want to do - to read long, dull, and difficult books.

A good thing to do when one is sitting, eating, and resting is to have a conversation.

I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark.

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.