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.

We're supposed to be civilized. We're supposed to go to work every day. We're supposed to be nice to our friends and send Christmas cards to our parents.

It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.

I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.

We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.