The problem with most Americans is that they don't like any question that takes more than ten seconds to answer.

Don't ever make the mistake with people like me thinking we are looking for heroes. There aren't any and if there were, they would be killed immediately. I'm never surprised by bad behaviour. I expect it.

Baum (Writer of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ) was a true educator, and those who read his Oz books are often made what they were not-imaginative , tolerant, alert to wonders, life.

You can improve your talent, but your talent is a given, a mysterious constant. You must make it the best of its kind.

I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place

There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil.

For true happiness, it is not enough to be successful oneself . . . one's friends must fail.