It was inconceivable to me as a child that I would be an adult. I mean, one assumed that it would happen, but obviously it didn't happen, or if it did, it happened when your back was turned, and then suddenly you were there. So I couldn't have thought about it much.

There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in your own particular way.

As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.