...don't spoil my learning process!

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

But I discovered that people like me -- they do, you know, if you like them -- and then it was all right.

Every man in Ingary is scared stiff of her. You ought to know how that feels, Sophie dear.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

A fickle heart is the only constant in this world

I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this.