Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want.

Never mind what my name is,” the man said. “No one can pronounce it anyway. Just call me Sir.

Sometimes the things you’ve lost can be found again in unexpected places.

There are some people who believe that home is where one hangs one's hat, but these people tend to live in closets and on little pegs.

The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.

Is it fair for the bears to come down to where humans live, looking for food? Is it fair for the Duke's soldiers to shoot at them? Is it fair for the bears to crush them with giant snowballs? Often, if you point out something that isn't fair, someone will reply, "Life isn't fair." What is to be done with such people?

I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.