"I am not an optimist. I am a possibilist."

"What is the purpose of a story? To tell what happened."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

"The artist is a man who has to fight with the world for the right to be himself."

"I think it’s a bad idea to censor what kids read. I think it’s a bad idea to censor what anybody reads."