Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.

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

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.

I think that if in your heart, you are seeking out a real puzzle, and you're not looking to frighten anybody, you're not looking to upset anybody, and you're looking to discuss a subject that you yourself went through when you were nine - you just don't remember the difficulties of one's own childhood.

I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.

It is such an abundance of idiocy that you lose courage. That you lose hope. I don't want to lose hope. I get through every day. I'm pretty good. I work. I sleep. I sing. I walk.