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" I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent. "

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" I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist. "

" I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.' "

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" To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time. "

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" I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did. "

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" I stress character, character, character. "

" I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be. "

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" I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. "

" Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. "

" I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child. "

" That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father? "

" I became a set designer for opera. "

" I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable. "

" I refuse to lie to children. "

" My therapies went on forever. "

" What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is. "

" My father belonged to a Jewish social club. "

" My work is not great, but it's respectable. "

" I hate people. "

" If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up. "