Death had ruled my life till I met Lady Dance. Her dance had set me free.

I might be able to find out what happened 6,000 years ago but I will never know what happens 6,000 years in the future! And that is not fair, blast it.

I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into book format simply because of this familiarity. Possibly in another society and another context I might have been a storyteller or who knows what.

If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

I don't read like other people do - back and forth, across the page. I tend to scan a page at a time.

The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still alive.

We need to actually teach kids that books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat every bit on your plate. It's like secret adult's business. It's the secret we never, ever tell our children. No adult ever read a book because it's good for us. We read because it is fun.