I sit in my tree I sing like the birds My beak is my pen My songs are my poems.

The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page.

Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.

Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit," said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.

A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.

Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.

And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!

Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing.

We come to a lamp beside the pathway, and suddenly we stop walking, and we start to dance, and we glitter in the shafts of light, like stars, like flies, like flakes of dust.

We have to allow ourselves to see what there is to see, and we have to imagine.

This is our world. Aye, there's more than enough of darkness in it. But over everything there's all this joy, Kit. There's all this lovely, lovely light.

Wisdom lies at the edge of intelligence.Joy lies at the edge of happiness.Faith lies at the edge of boldness.Love lies at the edge of kindness.God lies at the edge of righteousness.

If I love one lover, ...I have loved many more.

You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.

Heightism is the last unchecked prejudice.

Well, I may not be the youngest candidate in this race. But I will be the youngest woman President in the history of the United States!

That which you worry about most in life is seldom bad, and that likely applies to dying.

Set your affection to infinity and your hate to zero!

I'm quite claustrophobic, and I don't like everyone crowding around and shouting the same questions.

A possession can't make you happy.

I like to stay fit, because [that's when] I feel really healthy.