Grown-ups desperately need to feel safe, and then they project onto the kids. But what none of us seem to realize is how smart kids are. They don’t like what we write for them, what we dish up for them, because it’s vapid, so they’ll go for the hard words, they’ll go for the hard concepts, they’ll go for the stuff where they can learn something. Not didactic things, but passionate things.

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.

We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.