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Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

People want good stories.

I love the filmmaking process. It can be loud sometimes, and people love having conference calls, so working on a book is the polar opposite. It's very relaxing.

Some writers sit down without a thought of what they are going to say, and they go through draft after draft.

Self-awareness is a trait - or maybe 'practice' is the more accurate way to put it - that everyone can always improve at. It is part emotional intelligence, part perceptiveness, part critical thinking. It means knowing your weaknesses, of course, but it also means knowing your strengths and what motivates you.

I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.

I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.

Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of foreign possession.

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.

Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

It's not that some people have willpower and some don't... It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.

I give myself little presents all the time. But I don't do extravagant things.

Being in a five-by-seven every day for 365 days a year is more than what the average man could stand. You weren't built to be in a cage that long.

I was hesitant about doing too big a role in an American movie because it meant losing my German accent.

Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank.

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.