The more you feel, the stronger you are.

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.

I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death.

Sally...can no longer think of love as a reality, or even as a possibility, however remote.

Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real and as true as apples and stones. They all led to the story inside the story.

Books may well be the only true magic.