I am really interested in eccentric minds. It's rather like being fascinated by how cars work. It's really boring if your car works all the time. But as soon as something happens, you get the bonnet up. If someone has an abnormal or dysfunctional state of mind, you get the bonnet up.

Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves.

I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there's a story there.

...and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything

You could ask for hugs if you were feeling sad or you'd hurt yourself, but when it happened spontaneously it made you feel warm inside.

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed.