“Coincidence is merely the puppeteers’ curtain, hiding the hands that pull the world’s strings.”

“The one who pulls the puppet strings knows fairytales can heal.”

“For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the strings upward he finds they terminate in the hands of yet other puppets, themselves with their own strings which trace upward in turn, and so on. In my own life I saw these strings whose origins were endless enact the deaths of great men in violence and madness. Enact the ruin of a nation.”

“In economy, invisible hand is a set of wealthy men.It's the puppeteer who's in charge behind the curtain.”

“While I am absorbed by fiction, I pull the strings like a puppeteer; I make things happen. It's a passion and a lifelong obsession.”

“We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.”