A thousand enemies outside the house are better than one within. Arab proverb

I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.

I wish I had more time to visit schools.

I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books.

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed pages.

Let's run away to Venice, and hide out in an old movie theater. We can dye our hair blonde, so no one will ever find us!