Australia Quote by John Lee Hancock

Every generation comes upon the movie again, and then, invariably, the books have a spike in sales because people want to read more about…

— John Lee Hancock

Mary Poppins is magical and fun.

— Julie Andrews

“the concept of Mary Poppins is even stronger, implying a secure childhood and an answer to women’s perennial problem: how to balance their lives…

— Valerie Lawson

Nothing I had written before 'Mary Poppins' had anything to do with children, and I have always assumed, when I thought about it at…

— P. L. Travers

I think the idea of 'Mary Poppins' has been blowing in and out of me, like a curtain at a window, all my life.

— P. L. Travers

I learned everything I know about plot from Dame Agatha (Christie).

— Connie Willis

I read it in college as an assignment. I didn't think about it at the time. But when I heard there was a 'The…

— Reed Morano

I didn't belong to the sort of family where the children's classics were laid on. I went to the public library and read everything…

— Pat Barker

I realize that books are not the entire world, even if they sometimes seem to contain it. But I need the stupid things.

— Anonymous

She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what…

— Colleen McCullough

When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the…

— S. E. Hinton

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.

— Pat Conroy