“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall. Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of...”

“I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.”

“You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.”