Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

Grown-ups are afraid for children. It's not children who are afraid.

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

I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna die.

In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.

I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction.

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?