Pranking is ultimately turning the world upside down. It's in good fun.

I had mostly been writing humor books, and my instinct is generally to go for the joke.

Mac [Barnett]and I both had times when we moved, started new schools, and we know how hard that was, figuring out your identity and who you're going to be at the new school.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Truth is only sweet to the ears only after a person is sick of drinking the vinegar of repeated failures.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

I like the flaws best," Sam said. "They make her real.

Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp.

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

genius must ever be imperfect. Life is not long enough nor slow enough for both brain and character to grow side by side to superhuman proportions.

It’s interesting to see how other people react to an oversharer.

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.