Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.

Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.

I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.

It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.

I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.

My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read Boneland.

I'll buy metaphor, but simile's a cop-out used by scaredycats who won't commit to anything. Simile's for cowards.