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

I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not a torture to me. If she was gonna hurt me, she'd make me eat.

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.

A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. Even as a kid, my sister, who was the eldest, brought books home for me, and I think I spent more time sniffing and touching them than reading. I just remember the joy of the book, the beauty of the binding. The smelling of the interior. Happy.

Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.

Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest.

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