“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”

“Who has more pockets than a magician?A boy.Whose pockets contain *more* than a magicians?A boy's.”

“Please, please, help me grow to be like them, the ones'll soon be here, who never grow old, can't die, that's what they say, can't die, no matter what, or maybe they died a long time ago but Cecy calls, and Mother and Father call, and Grandmere who only whispers, and now they're coming and I'm nothing, not like them who pass through walls and live in trees or live underneath until seventeen-year rains flood them up and out, and the ones who run in packs, let me be the one! If they live forever, why not me?”

“You're insane!""I won't argue that point.”

“Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.”

“‎"Ne kadar çok insan var, diye düşündü. Bizim gibi milyarlarca insan var, ne kadar fazla. Kimse kimseyi bilmez. Yabancılar gelip seni rahatsız ederler. Yabancılar gelir, yüreğini kesip alırlar.”

“Authors, full of evil thoughts, lock up your typewriters.”