"Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others."
"So here is my story, may it bringSome smiles and a tear or so,It happened once upon a time,Far away, and long ago,Outside the night wind keens and wails,Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!"
"Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!"
"Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently."
"Was it magic? Of course it was."
"Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived."
"If you wanna be a writer, you must learn to paint a picture with words."
"Food to eat and games to play.Tell me why, tell me why.Serve it out and eat it up.Have a try, have a try."
"I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old could write that well. I was even punished because my teacher thought I'd lied about writing it! I had always loved to write, but it was then that I realized that I had a talent for it."