I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.

I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.

A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.

I don't miss acting at all.

The historian without his facts is rootless and futile

White magic or black, it doesn’t make a difference. Natural and artificial? Obsolete distinctions

No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a rational experience. If it were, would there be Fluffernutter? Laceless sneakers? Porkpie hats? Would the Chia Pet even exist?

The ordinary manner of spending their time, is the only way of judging of people's inclination and genius.

Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos.

Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. The main character has to be a friend? I don't get that.

Space travel is utter bilge. I don't think anybody will ever put up enough money to do such a thing. . . . It is all rather rot.

If I could meet my mother and marry her, I would. I would be with my mother now, if she weren't my mother, as sick as that sounds.

This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that's what I had.

The battle of Kursk... the forcing of the Dnieper... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe.