I am frightened of nothing." "Nothing?" "Nothing." "Are you extremely frightened of nothing?" "Absolutely terrified of it." "I have nothing in my pockets. Would you like to see it?" "No, I most definitely would not.

There may be a parallel between woodcuts and radio; radio plays are a living art form everywhere except the USA.

Often you will discover that the harder you work, and the more wisely you work, the luckier you get. But there is luck, and it helps.

I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day.