Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?

Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.

I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc... to find success writing children's novels.

I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean.

Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?

I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old could write that well. I was even punished because my teacher thought I'd lied about writing it! I had always loved to write, but it was then that I realized that I had a talent for it.

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.