Candy Is Dandy But Liqueur Is Quicker.

She Might Even Be Your Lovely School-teacher Who Is Reading These Words To You At This Very Moment. Look Carefully At That Teacher. Perhaps She Is Smiling At The Absurdity Of Such A Suggestion. Don't Let That Put You Off. It Could Be Part Of Cleverness. I Am Not, Of Course, Telling You For One Second That Your Teacher Actually Is A Witch. All I Am Saying Is That She Might Be One. It Is Most Unlikely. But--here Comes The Big "but"--not Impossible.

An Autobiography Is A Book A Person Writes About His Own Life And It Is Usually Full Of All Sorts Of Boring Details.

When You're Writing, It's Rather Like Going On A Very Long Walk

Poor Earthworm,' The Ladybird Said, Whispering In James's Ear. 'he Loves To Make Everything Into A Disaster. He Hates To Be Happy. He Is Only Happy When He Is Gloomy.

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