But Try As I Might, I Never

What's Really Good Is That There Are People Making Stories And Writing Them And The Vast Majority Never See The Light Of Day And It Doesn't Matter A Fig.

I Think People Are More In Contact Now With The Consequences Of War Than They've Been For A Very Long Time. And That's What Amazes Me When Sometimes Politicians Seem To Forget Their History. They Don't Look And Re-learn About What Has Happened Before. Maybe They Haven't Got The Memory, Maybe They're Already Too Young, But You Can See How We Become Puffed Up, And How We As A Nation Rise So Quickly If We're Not Careful.

Don't Worry About Writing A Book Or Getting Famous Or Making Money. Just Lead An Interesting Life.

By The Time I Sit Down And Face The Blank Page I Am Raring To Go. I Tell It As If I'm Talking To My Best Friend Or One Of My Grandchildren.

Elephants Are My Favourite Creatures And Have Been Since I Was A Boy And My Mother Read Kipling's The Elephant's Child To Me. It Was Loving Elephants So Much That Made We Want To Write My Own Story With An Elephant At The Centre And Its Bond With A Child.