A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.

A kid who has just started to lie is taking the first step as a storyteller.

When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that?

We are all born artists. ... Almost everything kids do is art.

Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.

A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.

[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act.' 'You call that singing?' ... We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.