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.

Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate grass. Night: Ate grass. Decided grass is boring. Scratched. Hard to reach the itchy bits. Slept.

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

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

Often the true hero and heroines of my books are the houses, the places, the communities where people find a home.

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

I've always found the world is the most extraordinarily fascinating place and the more data you get, the more you can actually put pieces into this jigsaw.