Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

Our great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can discover all horrors of the adult world. They know very early on that the world is sometimes a very dark, difficult and complex place, and the literature they read must reflect that. Otherwise we're just entertaining them to pass the time.

But just as soon as this war's over and finished with,I'll get back home and marry her.I've grown up with her, Joey, known her all my life. S'pose I know her almost as well as I know myself, and I like her a lot better.

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

Theatre can transform a child's life, just as an early cultural experience whether with opera, ballet, music or art is a wonderful thing because it opens the door to a life-long experience, a life-long enjoyment.

Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.

Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.