I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

I don't think children themselves have changed that much. It's the world that has changed.

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

I know that when I was a children's librarian, that was about 1940, boys particularly asked where were the books about kids like us, and there weren't any at that time.

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. Some of the teachers were just doing their job, but others had that little extra. They really cared about children and they wore pretty dresses.