“When I was three, my father was three. When I was six, he was six... h...” — Christopher Robin Milne Quote

“When I was three, my father was three. When I was six, he was six... he needed me to escape from being 50.”

“If I seem to write most happily about the ordinary things that boys do who live in the country, it is because this is the part of my childhood that I look back upon with the greatest affection.”

“I live at the bottom of a valley. I have a small bookshop in a small town, and I seldom venture far afield.”

“When you come home and dad's making music, sister's making music and my mum is also very musical - you can't escape it.”

“I have been very fortunate as to escape through another day's very severe fighting and escaped unhurt.”

“I hope to help people. I hope that I can be the escape that they need when things seem impossible or too tough.”