Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line? Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing.

The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page.

Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.

Sometimes we just have to accept there are things we can’t know. Why is your sister ill? Why did my father die?…Sometimes we think we should be able to know everything. But we can’t. we have to allow ourselves to see what there is to see, and we have to imagine.

A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.

Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit," said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.

Yes. But sad's alright. Sad's just apart of everything