In our imaginations we can go anywhere. Travel with me to Redwall in Mossflower country.

Fate is fickle, and the company of unwilling friends short lived.

Courage is the moment when an ordinary being becomes an extraordinary being.

So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long ago, Outside the night wind keens and wails, Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!

Food to eat and games to play. Tell me why, tell me why. Serve it out and eat it up. Have a try, have a try.

I think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and drive him...to be naughty, because nobody expects them to be good.

I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning...Who ever thought I'd be a children's author -- let alone a best-selling children's author? I feel I should still be driving a truck, or (working as) a longshoreman.