I don't know what I'd do without you. There's no one else to look after me. And it's not just that. I sometimes think you're the only person who really knows me. I only feel normal when I'm with you.

You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are.

I love writing different things.

Do you realise how much trouble you're in?" "Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all.

I didn't set fire to the building." "No, but you did pull it into the river." "That put the fire out!

You're my closest friend and you're thousands of miles away.

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.