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Remember that all the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty-Dumpty together again. There’s such a tremendous truth in that.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
I’ve always been interested in the Mother Goddess.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
It is only through the ordinary that the extraordinary can make itself perceived.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
I think if she comes from anywhere that has a name, it is out of myth.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
When I write it’s more a process of listening.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
I never wrote my books especially for children.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
"You know, you don’t really need me. All you need to do is read your own books."
The Paris Review interview (1982)
I got a letter back saying: “Why didn’t you tell me? Mary Poppins with her cool green core of sex has me enthralled forever.”
The Paris Review interview (1982)
I am grateful that children have included my books in their treasure trove.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
No culture can satisfactorily move along its forward course without its myths, which are its teachings, its fundamental dealing with the truth of things, and the one reality that underlies everything.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
He said there is, in fact, only one Creator and we mix. That’s our function, to mix the elements He has given us.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
I make a point of writing, if only a little, every day, as a kind of discipline so that it is not a whim but a piece of work.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
I certainly had no specific child in mind when I wrote Mary Poppins.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
Anon is my favorite literary character.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
My Zen master, because I’ve studied Zen for a long time, told me that every one (and all the stories weren’t written then) of the Mary Poppins stories is in essence a Zen story.
The Paris Review interview (1982)
You know C. S. Lewis, whom I greatly admire, said there’s no such thing as creative writing.
The Paris Review interview (1982)