Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.

The whole world is covered with buttons, and not one of them is mine!

All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.

Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

You can keep your willpower, Frog. I am going home to bake a cake.

Come back and wake me up.....half past May! (the Toad)

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation.

Wishes on their way to coming true will not be rushed.

Winter is beautiful, but bed is better.

Advice from friends is like the weather. Some of it is good; some of it is bad.

Only five books tonight, Mommy, " she says.No, Olivia, just one."How about four?"Two."Three."Oh, all right, three. But that's it!

Pushing fifty is exercise enough.

Less make-up is better, and it's always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.

My children were all made from paper and printer's ink.

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.

The fact that the climate is getting warmer doesn't scare me at all. There's no reason why one should be scared.

One act of violence takes four generations to heal.

Editing is the same as quarreling with writers — same thing exactly.

I've always liked New York even before I lived in New York. It represents something, I think, and it would be trite to say what it represents really because it's been said so many times.

All is fair in love and songwriting.