There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner.

I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy

I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone.

Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.

For me to see is to read. It has always been that way.

Of course I loved books more than people.

Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform.

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.

But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.

When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled.

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.

If you dont accept your reality you will not have the opportunity to succeed in life

There are so many different reasons as to why I love riding trains. But I think ultimately it's the romantic feeling of it. There's something about it that just transports me into old films.

Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother.

When you're humble it's like wearing a beautiful flower. It inspires others. It generates energy and power.

Life is only as meaningful as you fool yourself into thinking it is.

I'll always be thankful for what I have right now. I feel that it's been a blessing. But I know my time will come. It's just the way life is.

Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.

Drinking: something to do while getting drunk.

The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.