I wrote my first book in fifth grade. It was about a dog that goes to outer space and is an ambassador for Earth.

Your baby is smarter than you think.

How can she expect her children to dream as big as the stars if they can't lift their heads to gaze upon them?

In my imagination, the Editor meditated in a mountain-cave, espoused the rules of grammar, and frowned upon speculative fiction.

It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces.

You're going to have to open your eyes.

Search deeply in your soul, you will find love, peace and joy.

You'll have many, many friends, but if your relationship with your mate is one hundred per cent of your heart, you'll never need a friend.

I'm a gear head. I love gear. If I have the choice, of course I'd rather use a great microphone, a Neumann microphone and a vintage Neve board.

I do like to collaborate, and I like hearing other people, and I like how somebody's performance will affect my own.

The other American divisions on our flanks managed to pull out: We were obliged to stay and fight. Bayonets aren't much good against tanks.

Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.

All animals are minor variations on a very particular theme.

It's almost impossible to have fun playing ping pong with someone who doesn't care, won't try or isn't any good.

Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone