She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.

When I have something to say that I think will be too difficult for adults, I write it in a book for children. Children are excited by new ideas; they have not yet closed the doors and windows of their imaginations. Provided the story is good... nothing is too difficult for children.

For the things that are seen are temporal, but things that are unseen are eternal.

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a book for children. Children still haven't closed themselves off with fear of the unknown, fear of revolution, or the scramble for security. They are still familiar with the inborn vocabulary of myth

You don’t know the meaning of moderation, do you, my darling? A happy medium is something I wonder if you’ll ever learn.

She always had to have someone to love...She couldn't seem to believe that anyone could really love her. She always thought it was because she was a star, not just because of her herself, and she always had to be reassured.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.