When I was young I longed to write a great novel that would win me fame. My first book, Mother Goose in Prose (1914) was written to amuse children. For, aside from my evident inability to do anything "great," I have learned to regard fame as the will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession. But to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings it own reward.
L. Frank Baum in L. Frank Baum by Katharine M. Rogers, 2002
L. Frank Baum in L. Frank Baum by Katharine M. Rogers, 2002
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