War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain.
A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
Tiggers don't like honey.
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.
