My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give to grown-ups.

I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!

I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

I do love the beginning of the summer hols,' said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.'
'They go so nice and slowly at first,' said Anne, his little sister. 'Then they start to gallop.

When he walked out into the lots to catch his horse, he felt grown and complete for the first time in his life.