What I think I've been talking about really is success and failure. And one of the interesting things about success is that we think we know what it means. If I said that there's somebody behind the screen who's very successful, certain ideas would immediately come to mind. You'd think that person might have made a lot of money, achieved renown in some field. My own theory of success -- I'm somebody who's very interested in success, I really want to be successful, always thinking, how can I be more successful? But as I get older, I'm also very nuanced about what that word "success" might mean.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Die Erinnerung ist das einzige Paradies, aus dem wir nicht vertrieben werden können.

"Every child deserves to see themselves in the stories they read."