When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins.
Cornelia FunkeWhy did death make life taste so much sweeter? Why could the heart love only what it could also lose?
Cornelia FunkeMeggie Folchart: Having writer's block? Maybe I can help. Fenoglio: Oh yes, that's right. You want to be a writer, don't you? Meggie Folchart: You say that as if it's a bad thing. Fenoglio: Oh no, it's just a lonely thing. Sometimes the world you create on the page seems more friendly and alive than the world you actually live in.
Cornelia Funke