I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.

Left to my own devices, I'd probably Google myself all day.

In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.

Left to my own devices I'd get up at midday every day of my life.

What has 'The Patchwork Girl of Oz' got in its favor? Quite a lot, from our point of view in 2009. If you want to see how Oz's creator envisioned his own work, here it is.

They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.