Michael Bond Quotes

• Every small boy wanted to be a steam engine driver when they grew up in the old days, including me. There's something very special about them - the noise, the smell, the steam coming out everywhere.

  Michael Bond

  Boys, Smell, Special

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• Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label - 'Please look after this bear. Thank you', and he had a little suitcase.

  Michael Bond

  Labels, Looks, Littles

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• It's nice having a bear about the house.

  Michael Bond

  Nice, House, Bears

  Michael Bond (2005). “Bear Called Paddington”

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• My daughter Karen was born in 1958, the year my first Paddington book came out, so she grew up with him.

  Michael Bond

  Daughter, Book, Years

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• As a cameraman, I was paid to stand within a few feet of Yehudi Menuhin performing. I saw Rudolph Nureyev dancing. I couldn't believe I was being paid for that.

  Michael Bond

  Believe, Feet, Dancing

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• I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.

  Michael Bond

  Paris, Flying, Flats

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• I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended up a senior cameraman with my own crew. I'd had my first short story published in 1947, and when my writing really started to take off I decided to go freelance, and eventually left the BBC in 1965.

  Michael Bond

  Senior, Writing, Blue

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