Best 9 quotes of Michael Bond on MyQuotes

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

From the very beginning, there was not the slightest doubt that Olga da Polga was the sort of guinea pig who would go places.

If you really want something in this world,' said Olga simply, 'you'll never get it by sitting down and waiting. But if you go out and do things there's no knowing where you'll end up.

I'm not a criminal,” said Paddington, hotly. “I'm a bear!