When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children.

I hate [ebooks]. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of book! A book is a book is a book.

Kids never get pissed at their parents. Unheard of.

We’ve educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We aren’t. Grownups always say they protect their children, but they’re really protecting themselves. Besides, you can’t protect children. They know everything.

My big concern is me and what do I do now until the time of my death. That is valid. That is useful. That is beautiful. That is creative.

The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.