I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

This is a time when all of God's people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before.

There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one.

My brother asked me once, 'Are you a misanthrope?' And I said, 'No, I just find people irritating.'

Weirdly, I'm not a horror fan.

The need for the creation of collective art and ritual on a nonclerical basis is at least as important as literacy and higher education.

I've never taken a role where I don't like a person on the page.

I made a conscious choice to turn down some movies that were action-based, so that I could direct Road to Paloma and show that side.

...genius is no proof against shooting one's own foot.

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

Someone had to be blamed. Someone had to die. (...) What you can't understand, you destroy.