“I'm just a child who's learned to impersonate an adult.”

“Every adult needs a child to teach; it’s the way adults learn.”

“The most important thing, I believe, about books for babies and very young children is that they are shared between the child and a caring adult. It is time for physical closeness and comfort, of quiet and harmony, of sharing ideas and emotions, laughing and learning together. The learning and benefit that take place are not only enjoyed by the child. Any adult who takes time to share books with small children will be rewarded, enriched, and revitalized by it, every time.”

“When a child hits a child, we call it aggression.When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility.When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault.When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.”

“For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.”

“There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just learned that his brain child is a deformed idiot.”