I have not Googled myself. I have not looked at myself on Amazon. It could drive you wild.

Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light.

There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.

When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.

I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.

Miracles and magic pervade the things that I've written, but yet there are no miracles and there is no magic.