It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.

It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born

I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.

The shorter and the plainer the better.