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There must be more to life than having everything.

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That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father?

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My parents were very indiscrete.

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I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.

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You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

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I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard.

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I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could.

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When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

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I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'

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I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?

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My father belonged to a Jewish social club.

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Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.

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I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

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Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.

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I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy.

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I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

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Kids lead a very private life.

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I cry a lot because I miss people.

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I'm not afraid of death.

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It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.

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I'm not obsessed with angels but I do adore angels.

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I'm not a religious person.

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Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences.

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I was miserable as a kid.

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I'd like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever.

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I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

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All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy.

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