The price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted.

The price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted.

Neil Gaiman

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.

Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story.

Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story.

The real world has no obligation to be convincing, so it throws up some very weird moments sometimes.

The real world has no obligation to be convincing, so it throws up some very weird moments sometimes.

It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.

It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.

That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undreamed.

That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undreamed.

I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

I'm somebody who considers happiness a journey, not a destination.

I'm somebody who considers happiness a journey, not a destination.

We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our ways because they are our stories.

We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our ways because they are our stories.

And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.

And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.

I thought I was your destination. Looks like I was just another stop on the line.

I thought I was your destination. Looks like I was just another stop on the line.

Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Whatever you're scared of doing, Do it.

Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Whatever you're scared of doing, Do it.

I think hell is something you carry around with you, not somewhere you go.

I think hell is something you carry around with you, not somewhere you go.

You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.

You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.

Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.

Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.

Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.

Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.

Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.