Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.

Whats the point of fitting in, when we were meant to stand out?

Kid, you'll move mountains.

A life is a life no matter how small

Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.

When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.