I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it.

I have this belief that children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud to as a child.

Enjoy yourself whilst you read!

Elsa's joke Where do baby apes sleep? In apricots!

Well, I didn't need them. I didn't need anyone. I was Lola Rose. I just wished I looked more like my idea of Lola Rose.

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look.

will you stop trying to be brave! It's me, Mama! You can be honest with me." -Hetty

the first part was awesome the second part were gross but still amazing to me

well it about these really naughty girls they made this huge girls gand they stole stuff from shopes and stuff

I really don't know but I would quote for a book from JACQUELINE WILSON which is a very interesting book of her childhood.

tht's why u mst never forget ma sister jodie

I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.

You are never too old or too broken. It is never too late to begin, or to start all over again.

Everything that I'm saying You can say it just as good

Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.

I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through to the end; that was very gratifying.

The most stupendous miracle in all music.

Art is the free expression of the artist and they tried to stop us from expressing ourselves, our art.

It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded.

A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.

I haven't much time to be fond of anything. But when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times the roses get it.