When I First Thought About

The Prime Function Of The Children's Book Writer Is To Write A Book That Is So Absorbing, Exciting, Funny, Fast And Beautiful That The Child Will Fall In Love With It. And That First Love Affair Between The Young Child And The Young Book Will Lead Hopefully To Other Loves For Other Books And When That Happens The Battle Is Probably Won. The Child Will Have Found A Crock Of Gold. He Will Also Have Gained Something That Will Help To Carry Him Most Marvelously Through The Tangles Of His Later Years. Roald Dahl

Careful Those Who Fight With Monsters, That They Might Become Monsters Themeselves.

I Began To Realize How Simple Life Could Be If One Had A Regular Routine To Follow With Fixed Hours, A Fixed Salary, And Very Little Original Thinking To Do.

We Have So Much Time And So Little To Do. Strike That, Reverse It.

I Therefore Invite You All," Mr Fox Went On, 'to Stay Here With Me For Ever.' For Ever!' They Cried. 'my Goodness! How Marvellous!' And Rabbit Said To Mrs Rabbit, 'my Dear, Just Think! We're Never Going To Be Shot Again In Our Lives!' We Will Make,' Said Mr Fox, 'a Little Underground Village, With Streets And Houses On Each Side - Seperate Houses For Badgers And Moles And Rabbits And Weasels And Foxes. And Every Day I Will Go Shopping For You All. And Every Day We Will Eat Like Kings.' The Cheering That Followed This Speech Went On For Many Minutes.