What happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life, and thank goodness for that.

Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.

We spend too much time hiding illness.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream.

Grave of the Fireflies is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation... It belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made.

The idea that a book can advise a woman how to capture a man is touchingly naive. Books advising men how to capture a woman are far less common, perhaps because few men are willing to admit to such a difficulty. For both sexes, I recommend a good novel, offering scenarios you might learn from, if only because they reflect a lot of doubt.