Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely gift.

Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art.

Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.

I'm getting old. And I'm disappointed in everything just the way old people traditionally, boringly are. That bothers me because is it too traditional? Am I not fighting hard enough? I don't feel the fight. I don't feel it.

I never thought of Bumble-Ardy in that way. But I still have that same deep feeling for children who are in dire trouble. I see Bumble-Ardy as a lonely, unhappy kid who is doing the very best he can to be in the world, to have a party.

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.