Damned no matter what you do. Why do people think knowing secrets is fun?

Ms. Fang is the nicest, sweetest teacher at Scary School. She only ate twelve kids last year.

...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.

The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it.

Chaos happens. Let's make better use of it.

Ultimately, what audiences respond to is truth. Even as fantastical as the story can be, and out there, at its core, it's dealing with loss, madness and mortality.

I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994.

My parents will be sad for a while, and they may even blame themselves, the way they do now. Eventually they'll come to peace with my decision. I hope they'll realize I'm finally at peace.

The way an actor is trained doesn't ultimately have much bearing on my work. I'm interested in the actor as artist.

The fundamental human values all emanate from Dharma, based on Truth. If human behaviour has no such basis, it leads to disaster.

Finally, I have someone that's like me. My other two pupils were the opposite sides of the moon. But this guy is on the same side of the moon, is on the same planet that I'm on.