“I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhe...” — Willard Wigan Quote

“I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhere to live. Then I made them shoes and hats. It was a fantasy world I escaped to where my dyslexia didn't hold me back and my teachers couldn't criticize me. That's how my career as a micro-sculptor began.”

“I heard someone say that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven. I decided to sculpt camels in a needle.”

“There are times when I've inhaled my work. There are artworks still inside of me.”

“In the early 1940s, as a young teenager, I was utterly appalled by the racist and jingoist hysteria of the anti-Japanese propaganda. The Germans were evil, but treated with some respect: They were, after all, blond Aryan types, just like our imaginary self-image. Japanese were mere vermin, to be crushed like ants.”

“I ate ants. They weren't that bad.”

“I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.”