“I never did very well in math-I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.”

“I could never have imagined this world if I hadn't spent almost eight decades walking around in it. People talk about how wonderful the world seems to children, and that's true enough. But children think they will grow into it and understand it, and I know very well that I will not, and would not if I had a dozen lives.”

“My mother always said that I would come to a bad end but I never thought she meant this - writing allegory in literal times.”

“If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it.”

“All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very well anyway, and they never seemed to understand me very well either. All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality. I wanted the open road and new beginnings every day.”

“I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a great deal.”