A garden should be natural-seeming, with wild sections, including a large area of bluebells.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

A lot of people blame their negative feelings on their negative experiences

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.

In the draft plan, we're looking at recycling 20 percent of our garbage by 2010.

Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.

Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?

It is better to be honourable than be honoured.

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.