Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

The maid screamed. The Queen gasped. Sophie waved.

Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.

But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.

Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all if it hasnt been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn't poached eggs unless it's been stolen in the dead of the night.

A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.

Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable of doing so.