I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain.

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up.

He was telling an interesting anecdote full of exciting words like "encyclopedia" and "rhododendron".

It is the best way to write poetry, letting things come." -Winnie-the-Pooh