Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.

You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely.

To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult.

And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

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

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

I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'