As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I can't help but notice in so many stories, plays, poems that I read, the sort of breadcrumbs of fairytale techniques, so I'm very excited when I notice that.

When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.

Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.

Well documented, the relationship of literature to myth in the Western world has undergone much change over the millennia, as first the age of gods fell away before the notion of a single god, and then, for many people, that single god slipped away, too.

So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.

With my father and sister being very depressed for most of their lives, it was incumbent on me to try to make them laugh, in this ridiculous way. They were the wittiest people I knew, but to get a smile from them was like winning the lottery.