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I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

- P. L. Travers
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For me, there are no answers, only questions, and I am grateful that the questions go on and on. I don't look for an answer because I don't think there is one. I'm very glad to be the bearer of a question.

I never wrote my books especially for children.

I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.

I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure angel when I come to the end of it.

For me, there are no answers, only questions, and I am grateful that the questions go on and on. I don't look for an answer because I don't think there is one. I'm very glad to be the bearer of a question.

Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.

'Friend Monkey' is really my favorite of all my books because the Hindu myth on which it is based is my favorite - the myth of the Monkey Lord who loved so much that he created chaos wherever he went.

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I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.