Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good behave yourself and never mind the rest.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

When there is not enough time to do your best, do the best you can with the time you have.

They are from another world, another way of life that somehow has merged with our own. These worlds are kept separate for the safety of everyone. " "And yet, I connect them." "You do.

Facts are stubborn things but statistics are more pliable.

You don't always win your battles but it's good to know you fought.

Dreams die hard and we watch them erode, but we cannot be denied the fire inside.

The intuitive mind is nonphysical. It is not part of the brain or any other cellular structure in the physical body. It is part of the causal body.

After watching wrestling for 20 years, I thought I had enough confidence to do it. There were no wrestling schools at the time.

I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely taken over. And you can get quite a reaction out of the crowd when you do that.

Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama.

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.