I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space.

The people of England will curse themselves for having preferred ruin from Churchill to peace from Hitler.

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and you really love to draw, you just have to keep doing it no matter what anybody says.

I don't regard Jews as a class. I regard them as a privileged misfortune.

I like stirring things up. Im on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I dont get in too much trouble.

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math.

Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany.

you know, a daydream properly utilized can be the most powerful force in the universe. One need only dream of freedom to begin to break the spell of enslavement.

His life was a book of his own writing, one orderly page after another.

If war breaks out, I will fight for Hitler since such a war would be against Jewry.

I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect.

Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way.

'Snowpiercer' is a little bit more experimental, I think, and crafted for a slightly different audience. 'The Giver' is more about teen angst.

When we hear people talk of riches, honors and amusements of the world, let us remember that all things have an end, and let us then say: My God, I wish for You alone and nothing more.

The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

Some of the things I've done are really special.

I don't think some of the players understand what the people are about. The people are coming out to show you their appreciation of the game, and the player that you are.

If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain!

Fashion will go out of fashion.

I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.