I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.

I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna die.

Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.

I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.

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.

Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.

You can start making up any kind of story if you want to.