The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had, why write to me, a perfect stranger?

And it's one of the sexiest things you will ever read of how slow you should take the peach. Don't rush it.

Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art.

I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a demarcation. 'Oh you mustn't tell them that. You mustn't tell them that.' You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true you tell them.

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

There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

I have been doodling with ink and watercolor on paper all my life. It's my way of stirring up my imagination to see what I find hidden in my head. I call the results dream pictures, fantasy sketches, and even brain-sharpenin g exercises.