“I did not have to read books to know that the theme of life is conflict and pain.”

If I talked I would become like any other comedian.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

You have to believe in yourself, that’s the secret.

A day without laughing is a day wasted

The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly!

Simplicity is a difficult thing to achieve.

That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Because of humour we are less overwhelmed by the vicissitudes of life.

Education is the path to revelation.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is elephant.

Action is more generally understood than words.

My lips never know my problem they just always smile

All children in some form or another have genius; the trick is to bring it out in them.

I am a citizen of the world.

Cold, hunger and the shame of poverty are more likely to affect one’s psychology.

Simplicity of approach is always best.

Even now I try to make each page compelling for the readers to get absorbed in the book.

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. Oneness can only be promoted by the practice of love.

The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.

We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

I’m pretty excited for people to listen to the story of each song. It’s definitely like a giant book with different stories in it. They are all very child-like but also a balance between light and dark.

I love ‘Harry Potter’ and JK Rowling – don’t laugh at me!

Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.

A man armed with a rhyming dictionary is a dangerous man.