A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns. P. L. Travers bookhalflearn Change image and share on social
I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned. P. L. Travers inspirationsummon Change image and share on social
I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world. P. L. Travers bringirishprivate Change image and share on social
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 blowcurtainidea Change image and share on social
Nothing I had written before 'Mary Poppins' had anything to do with children, and I have always assumed, when I thought about it at all, that she had come out of the same wall of nothingness as the poetry, myth and legend that had absorbed me all my writing life. P. L. Travers absorbassumechild share on social
I never wrote my books especially for children. P. L. Travers bookchildwrite Change image and share on social
