Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.

Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.

Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.