I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.

Me is the only one what won't be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants

Life is more fun if you play games.

There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.

You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.

Oh where, oh where had Snow White gone? She'd found it easy, being pretty To hitch a ride into the city.

The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. It happens to be a fact that nearly every writer of fiction in the world drinks more whisky than is good for him. He does it to give himself faith hope and courage. A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that I am sure is why he does it.