Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.

I only have secrets that keep you safe, Darlin

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

Children desperately need to know - and to hear in ways they understand and remember - that they're loved and valued by mom and dad.

All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.

By the age of 3, children from wealthier households hear, on average, about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements. The ratio is reversed in households on welfare.

Once I was, yes. But now I have turned my direction away from anything that's racist.

Method actors are absolutely terrible. They want to direct themselves, and it's a disaster.

When you are present, the world is truly alive.

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.