The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.

We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.

The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.

I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.

A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.

Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.

A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!