My brother, who was older, was the gifted one, much more talented than I.

I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.

In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.

William Blake really is important, my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.

If there's any advice I have to give, I would say it's that. If you're looking for a way to get closer to your kids, there ain't no better way than to grab 'em and read. And if you put them in front of a computer or a TV, you are abandoning them. You are abandoning them because they are sitting on a couch or a floor and they may be hugging a dog, but they ain't hugging you.

I hate [ebooks]. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of book! A book is a book is a book.

I want to see me to the end working, living for myself. Ripeness is all.