The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.

Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are.

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.

As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary.

When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it.

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

The best artists know what to leave out.

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?

It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible.

Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places.

The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well.

When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right he usually has a son who thinks hes wrong.

I've been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do.

The skills that we have are the actual magic skills - not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that make the tricks work, we don't get to use again.

I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.

Healing requires from us to stop struggling but to enjoy life more and endure it less.

I still have a stammer that I can control by not opening a sentence with a hard consonant, or by concentrating for a moment, breathing softly down. Growing up, the 'Our Father' was lovely, made for me, the 'Hail Mary' was gorgeous, and 'Glory Be to the Father' was an absolute nightmare.

I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.

There's no harm being a copycat. If someone else is doing a good job, copy. It's free.

Christmas my child is love in action. Every time we love every time we give its Christmas.

I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where it's a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it.

I love to engage with people who come to see us.

You don't need to recall 100,000 cars because you need to fix something. That can be done with a download of software.

We should not just consume hydrocarbon fuel but use it to develop nuclear energy, hydro power and renewable energy sources.

Both of my parents got to see me host Carson, thank God. That's all anyone wants: to have their parents see they're going to be all right in life.

Sunday is about relaxing and wearing anything comfortable. I love wearing a J. Crew shirt and jeans, which is a treat because I never wear these kinds of clothes during the week.

You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I think.

Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. Start building up your larder! We don't even use that term any more.

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!

I had a few pimples here and there when I was 14. Never had braces though, thank God. A girl in my class had, like, the big helmet of head gear. I felt so bad for her. People always made fun of me enough because of my name.