Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.

I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

Genuinely good people are like that. The sun shines out of them. They warm you right through.

Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other

I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.

Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.