As A Young Child My Attention Span

Animals Are Sentient, Intelligent, Perceptive, Funny And Entertaining. We Owe Them A Duty Of Care As We Do To Children.

I Got Married Young, Far Too Young, But It Is Fine. We Are Still Married 48 Years Later. I Got Married At 19.

When I Write I Try As Far As Possible To Forget I'm Writing It At All. I Tell It Down Onto The Page, As If I'm Telling It To One Person Only, My Best Friend.

It's The Teacher That Makes The Difference, Not The Classroom.

I Was Never A Great Reader, But There Were Two Stories I Loved Best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child And The Jungle Book. Deep Down, I've Always Wanted To Write A Book About A Wild Child And An Elephant.