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

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

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

I don't finish a lot of the books I read. I get enormous pleasure from reading half f them, two-thirds of them, even incredibly good books. But I don't feel it's my duty to finish them. I read the last few pages and find out what happens at the end.

Dance, my darling dance! If you dance then death can't catch you! Nothing bad can touch you! Dance!

Lady Dance's music wasn't a magic charm. I'd misunderstood. We had all failed to understand. The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still alive. 'Rejoice,' came the soft voice of Lady Dance in my mind. 'Watch the moon and stars...' Death had ruled my life till I met Lady Dance. Her dance had set me free.

Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.