You going to be a scientist when you grow up?” That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got.

To get the best out of life here ...Good grief. There's plenty of it about, so indulge. Give yourself some thing to remember. Fall in love. Fall out of love. Gamble. Get drunk. See how long you can stay awake. Go for long walks at night. Discover what you're afraid of doing, and then do it.

Disney is a huge presence when it comes to fairy tales because he’s made of them such brilliant artifacts in terms of movie-making. But it’s very hard to ignore what he’s done to them. I'm not interested in denigrating Disney or even commenting on him very much. I'm more interested in seeing what I can do with the stories myself.

I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.

Tell him, we are not devils but we have friends who are.

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of #‎ libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

We have to learn everything we do.